text: I got my first real six-string
  I bought it at the five and dime
  I played it til 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, Jody got married
  I shoulda known wed never get far
  But when I look back now
  The summer seemed to last forever
  Oh, and if I had the choice
  Yeah, Id always wanna be there
  Those were the best days of my life
  Aint no use in complainin
  When you got a job to do
  Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
  And thats when I met you, yeah
  Standin on your mothers porch
  You told me that youd 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
  Man, we were killin time
  We were young and restless
  We needed to unwind
  I guess nothin will last forever
  Forever, no
  And now the times are changin
  Look at everything thats come and gone
  Sometimes, when I play that old six-string
  I think about you and what went wrong
  Standin on your mothers porch
  You told me that itd 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