I got my first real six-string
Bought it all the five-and-dime
Played it til my fingers bled
It was the summer of sixty-nine
me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda know we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya-I'd just wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complaining
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's 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, back in the summer of sixty-nine Oh
Man we were killing time
We were young and restless, we needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever, forever Oh yeah
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 ya- wonder what went wrong
Standing 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 Oh yeah
Back in the summer of sixty-nine oh
Back in the summer of sixty-nine Oh yeah
Back in the summer of sixty-nine