I got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played it 'til my fingers bled 

It was the summer of '69



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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



   Oh when I look back now

   That summer seemed to last forever

   Oh and if I had my choice

   Yeah I'd always wanna be there

   Those were the best days of my life



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Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

And that's where I met you



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   Standin' on your mother'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

   Back in the summer of '69



Man we were killing time

We were young and restless we needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever- forever, no



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And now the times are changing

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

I think about you 'n' wonder what went wrong



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