i got my first real six-sting

　　bought it at the five-and-dime

　　played it till my fingers bled

　　it was the summer of '69

　　me and some gus from school

　　had a band and we tried real hard

　　jimmy quit and jody got married

　　i shoulda known that 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

　　oh yeah

　　ain't no use in complaining

　　when you got a job to do

　　spent my evening's down at the drive-in

　　oh, that's when i met you,yeah

　　standing on your mama's porch

　　you told me that you'd wait forever ,oh

　　when you held my hand

　　i knew taht was now or never

　　those were the best days of my life

　　oh yeah

　　back in the summer of '69

　　ohhh

　　man we were killing time

　　we were young and restless

　　we needed to unwind

　　i guess nothing can last forever forever no,no

　　and now the times are changing

　　look at everything that's come and gone

　　sometimes when i play taht old six-string

　　i think about you wonder what went wrong

　　standing on your mama's porch

　　you told me that it last forever

　　oh 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 summer of '69

　　oh yeah

　　back in summer of '69

　　oh yeah

　　me and my baby in the '69

　　oh yeah

　　in the summer of '69