Summer Of 69 - Altiyan Childs 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 hardreal 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 And if I had the choice Ya - 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 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 Back in the summer of '69 Man we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothin' can last forever - forever no Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that it'd last forever Oh, the way you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Yeah, yeah, yeah Back in the summer of '69 '69 (Back in the summer of '69) ('69) It was the summer of '69