Got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-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 and Joey got married

I shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now

The 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 complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in

And that's where I met you girl

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

Oh yeah

Back in the summer of '69 uh-huh

Yeah we were killin' time

We were young and restless we needed to unwind

I guess nothing can last forever

Forever no

Yeah

And now the times are a-changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Every time when I play that old six-string

I think about you wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch

that's right)

You told me it would 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 uh-huh

Me and my baby had 69 oh yeah

Back in the summer of '69