[00:20.28]I got my first real six-string
[00:23.36]Bought it at the five-and-dime
[00:26.68]Played it till my fingers bled
[00:29.86]It was the summer of '69
[00:33.53]Me and some guys from school
[00:36.61]Had a band and we tried real hard
[00:39.87]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[00:43.36]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[00:47.54]Oh when I look back now
[00:50.09]That summer seemed to last forever
[00:53.93]And if I had the choice
[00:57.25]Ya - I'd always wanna be there
[01:00.73]Those were the best days of my life
[01:11.21]Ain't no use in complainin'
[01:14.60]When you got a job to do
[01:17.56]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
[01:21.74]And that's when I met you
[01:24.62]Standin' on your mama's porch
[01:27.84]You told me that you'd wait forever
[01:31.47]Oh and when you held my hand
[01:34.54]I knew that it was now or never
[01:38.36]Those were the best days of my life
[01:46.59]Back in the summer of '69
[01:55.36]Man we were killin' time
[01:57.52]We were young and restless
[01:59.65]We needed to unwind
[02:02.57]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever
[02:22.57]And now the times are changin'
[02:25.80]Look at everything that's come and gone
[02:28.87]Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[02:32.35]I think about ya wonder what went wrong
[02:35.91]Standin' on your mama's porch
[02:39.15]You told me it would last forever
[02:42.57]And the way you held my hand
[02:45.74]I knew that it was now or never
[02:49.57]Those were the best days of my life
[02:59.70]Back in the summer of '69

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69
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
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - 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 evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you
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
Back in 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
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 wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
And the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69