I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime Played it till 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, should've known we'd never get far Oh and I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice, yeah those won't all be there Those were the best days of my life Ain't no use in complaining, when you got a job to do Spend my evenings down at the driving, and that's when I met you, yeah Standing 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 Man we were killing time, we were young and restless, we needed to unwind I guess nothing could last forever, forever And now the times are changing, look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six string, I think about you wonder what went wrong Standing on your mama's porch, you told me that you'd laugh 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 It was the summer of 69 Me and my baby later in 69 It was the summer of 69