I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it till my fingers bled
This is the summer of sixty nine
Me and some guys from school had a band
And we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and johnny 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
Yeah 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 yeah
Standing 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
Yeah
Man we were killing time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever forever no
And now the times are changing
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six string
Think about you wonder what went wrong
Standing 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 and my baby in sixty nine
Oh
Oh
It was the summer summer of sixty nine
Oh yeah
Oh sixty nine