Summer Of '69 lyrics

I got my first
real six string
bought it at
the five and dime
played it 'til my fingers bled
was the summer of sixty-nine

Me and some
guys from school
had a band and
we tried real hard

Jimmy quit
jody got married
should have known
we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
the 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
spend my evenin's
down at the drive-in
and that's when
I met you, yeah

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 sixty-nine
Oh...

Man, we were killin' time
we were young
and restless
we needed to unwind

I guess nothin' could
last forever, forever
no! yeah!

And now that
times are changin'
look at everything
that's come and gone

Sometimes, when I play
that old six string
I think about you
wonder what went wrong

Standin' on
your mama's porch
you told me
it would last 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 sixty-nine

Oh... it was the summer
of sixty-nine
Oh yeah
me an' my baby in sixty-nine
Oh..... wow!

It was the summer
the summer
the summer of sixty-nine