Summer of ’69

Lyrics

[Intro] 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 [Verse 1] Me and some guys from school, yeah Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit, Jody got married Should've known we'd never get far [Chorus] But 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 [Verse 2] Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do Spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah [Chorus] 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 [Post-Chorus] Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, oh [Bridge] Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever Forever, no Yeah [Verse 3] And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play my old six-string Think about you, wonder what went wrong [Chorus] Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that it'd 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 [Post-Chorus] Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh [Outro] It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in a '69, woo Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh Me and my baby in '69 It was the summer of '69