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I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played '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 and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
But when I look back now
The summer seems to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complaining
When you got a job to do
Spent my evening down at the drive in
And that's when I met you, Ya
Standing on a mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
And when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69
Ya, Man we were killing time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever, Ya
And now the times are changing
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play my old six string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standing on a mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
And the way 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