I got my first real six-string - bought it at the five and dime Played it till 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 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 complainin' - when you got a job to do Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in - and that's when I met you - ya 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
Man we were killin' time - we were young and restless We needed to unwind - I guess nothin' can last forever, forever - no And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch - you told me it would last forever Oh and when you held my hand - I knew that it was now or never - ya Those were the best days of my life - oh ya - back in the summer of '69 It was the summer of '69