I got my first real six-string Bought 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 Jody got married I shoulda know we'd never get far When look back now That summer seemed last forever And if I had the Yeah I'd always wanna be there Those the best days of my life It ain't no use in complaining When you got a job to do Spent down at the drive-in And that's I met you Standin' on your Moma's porch You told me you would wait forever And when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those the best days of my life Oh Back the summer of '69 Man we were killing time we young and restless Needed to unwind I guess nothin' could forever no And now the times changin' Look everything that's come and gone Sometimes play old six-string I think ya wonder what went wrong Standin' on your Moma's porch You told me it would last forever Oh the way you held hand I knew that it was now or never Those the best days of my life Back the summer of '69 It was the summer of '69 '69 Back the summer of '69 It was the summer of '69 '69