I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it till 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 should've known we'd never get far Oh, when I look back now That 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 complaining When you got a job to do Spent my evening down at the drive-in And that's when I met you 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 Ohh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ahhh Back in the summer of '69 Ohh yeah Me and my baby in '69 Ohh Man we were killing time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever - forever, no Yeah