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

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, 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

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evening's down at the drivе-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told mе that you'd wait forever
And when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Oh yeah, it was the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, oh

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play my old six string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
(You told me that you'd wait forever)
And when you held my hand
(I knew that it was now or never)
Those were the best days of my life

Hey yeah, it was the summer of '69
Hey, it was the summer of '69
Oh yeah, it's me and my baby in '69

That's how it all started, right there
It was the summer
Yeah, the summer of '69
Should have played that song earlier too!