I got my first

real six string

bought it at

the five and dime

played it 'til my fingers bled

was the summer of sixty-nine

Me and some

guys from school

had a band and

we tried real hard

Jimmy quit

Jody got married

should have 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

wanna be there

those were the

best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'

when you got a job to do

spend my evenin's

down at the drive-in

and that's when

I met you, yeah

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 sixty-nine

oh...

Man, we were killin' time

we were young

and restless

we needed to unwind

I guess nothin' could

last forever, forever

no! Yeah!

And now that

times are changin'

look at everything

that's come and gone

Sometimes, when I play

that old six string

I think about you

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

Those were

the best days of my life

oh yeah

back in the summer

of sixty-nine

Oh... it was the summer

of sixty-nine

oh yeah

me an' my baby in sixty-nine

oh..... wow!

It was the summer

the summer

the summer of sixty-nine