I got my first real six-string Bought it at the 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 Jmmy 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
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
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 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