I got my first real six string
Boarded at the five and dime
Played it till my fingers bled
Me and some guys from school
Hit a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Oh, and when I look back now
The summer seemed to last forever
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complaining
Oh, but that's when I'm into you, yeah
Standing on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Man, we were a -killin' time
And we were young and restless
I guess that nothing can last forever
An d now the times are changing
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six -string
I think about you and what went wrong
Standing on your momma's porch
You told me it'd last forever
Only 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
Oh yeah, me and my baby in the 69
Oh yeah, in the summer of 69
