[00:06.18]I got my first real six-string
[00:09.09]Bought it at the five-and-dime
[00:12.72]Played it till my fingers bled
[00:15.92]It was the summer of '69
[00:19.75]Me and some guys from school
[00:22.94]Had a band and we tried real hard
[00:26.39]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[00:29.71]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[00:34.33]Oh when I look back now
[00:36.85]That summer seemed to last forever
[00:39.98]And if I had the choice
[00:43.94]Ya - I'd always wanna be there
[00:47.38]Those were the best days of my life
[00:50.93]
[00:58.28]Ain't no use in complainin'
[01:01.19]When you got a job to do
[01:04.25]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
[01:08.09]And that's when I met you
[01:11.68]Standin' on your mama's porch
[01:14.81]You told me that you'd wait forever
[01:18.50]Oh and when you held my hand
[01:21.68]I knew that it was now or never
[01:25.46]Those were the best days of my life
[01:30.59]
[01:33.85]Back in the summer of '69
[01:42.79]Man we were killin' time
[01:45.07]We were young and restless
[01:47.21]We needed to unwind
[01:50.11]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
[02:10.47]And now the times are changin'
[02:13.57]Look at everything that's come and gone
[02:17.01]Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[02:20.35]I think about ya wonder what went wrong
[02:24.16]Standin' on your mama's porch
[02:27.40]You told me it would last forever
[02:31.34]Oh the way you held my hand
[02:34.26]I knew that it was now or never
[02:38.02]Those were the best days of my life
[02:46.77]Back in the summer of '69