Lyrics:

I got my first real six string

Bought it at the five and dime

Played it till my fingers bled

Was the summer of '69



Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit and Jodi got married

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 complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in

And that's where I met you - yeah



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



Oh Yeah

Back in the summer of '69

Ohoh



Yeah we were killin' time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...

Yeah



And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Anytime when I play that old six string

I think about you wonder what went wrong



Standin' on your mama's porch (that's right)

You told me that we'd last forever

Only 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