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I got my first real 6-string
Bought it at the "5 & Dime"
Played it till 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
We should have known 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 always 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 evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you
Standing on your mamma's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh 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 can last forever, forever
And now the times are a-changing
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old 6-string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Standing on your mamma'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 69