Summer Of '69

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever

Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life
Oh, yeah

Back in the summer of '69, oh

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no!

Yeah!

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever

Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life
Oh, yeah

Back in the summer of '69, oh

It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah

Me and my baby in '69, oh

It was the summer
The summer, the summer of '69, yeah

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