I got my first real six-string
Bought it at a five-and-dime
Played it til my fingers bled
It was the summer of 69
Me and some guys from school
had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus
Oh when I look back now
that summer seemed to last forever
Oh and if I had a choice
Yeah I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin'
when you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
and that's where I met you
Chorus
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
back in the summer of '69
Bridge
Man we were killing time
we were young and restless we needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever- forever;no
And now the times are changing
look at everything thats come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Chorus
Standin' on your mama's porch
you told me it would last forever
oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of 69