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 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 want to be there

Those were the best days of my life

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

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

Standing 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 killing time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothing could last forever

Forever

And now the times are changing

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

I think about you, wonder what went wrong Standing 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 a 69. It was the summer, the summer, the summer of 69, yeah.