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Summer of ’69 Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit, Jody got married

Should've known we'd never get far

[Chorus 1]

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

Hey!

[Verse 3]

Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

And that's when I met you, yeah

[Chorus 2]

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

[Refrain]

Oh, yeah

Back in the summer of '69, oh

[Bridge]

Man, we were killin' time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothing can last forever

Forever, no!

Yeah!

[Instrumental Break]

Yeah!

[Verse 4]

And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

Think about you, wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3]

Standin' on your mama's porch

You told me that it'd last forever

Oh, and when you held my hand

I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

[Refrain]

Oh, yeah

Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh

It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah

Me and my baby in a '69, oh, oh

It was the summer, summer, summer of '69

Yeah