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 complaining
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 would play that old six-string
I think about you, wonderin' 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... whoo!

(...)

It was the Summer
...The Summer
The Summer of '69
...Yeah