[Verse 1]
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

[Chorus 1]
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
But 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

[Verse 2]
There ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

[Chorus 2]
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 '69
Oh
[Bridge]
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no...

[Verse 3]
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six string
I think about ya'n wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3]
Standin' on your mama's porch
That's right!
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Oh
Me and my baby in '69
Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '6
Ohhhhhh yeah!