text: I got my first real six-string
  Bought it at the five-and-dime
  Played til my fingers bled
  was 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
  Oh when I look back now
  The summer seemed to last forever
  And if I had the choice
  Ya - 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 evenins down at the drive in
  And thats when I met you yeah
  Standin on your mamas 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
  Back in Summer of 69
  OH
  Man we were killin time
  We were young and restless
  We needed to unwind
  I guess nothin can last forever, forever, no
  Yeah
  And now the times are changin
  Look at everything thats come and gone
  Somethimes when I play that old six-string
  I think about ya wonder what went wrong
  Standin on your mamas 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 summer of 69