text: I got my first real six string
  Bought it at the five and dime
  Played it til my fingers bled
  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 wed never get far
  But when I look back now
  That 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, ya
  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
  Oh Yeah!
  Back in the 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...
  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 wonder what went wrong
  Standin on your mamas porch
  You told me it would last forever
  Oh, the way 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 in a 69
  It was the summer, summer, summer of