[00:07.18]I got my first real six-string
[00:10.09]Bought it at the five-and-dime
[00:13.72]Played it till my fingers bled
[00:16.92]It was the summer of '69
[00:20.75]Me and some guys from school
[00:23.94]Had a band and we tried real hard
[00:27.39]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[00:30.71]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[00:35.33]Oh when I look back now
[00:37.85]That summer seemed to last forever
[00:40.98]And if I had the choice
[00:44.94]Ya - I'd always wanna be there
[00:48.38]Those were the best days of my life
[00:51.93]
[00:59.28]Ain't no use in complainin'
[01:02.19]When you got a job to do
[01:05.25]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
[01:09.09]And that's when I met you
[01:12.68]Standin' on your mama's porch
[01:15.81]You told me that you'd wait forever
[01:19.50]Oh and when you held my hand
[01:22.68]I knew that it was now or never
[01:26.46]Those were the best days of my life
[01:31.59]
[01:34.85]Back in the summer of '69
[01:43.79]Man we were killin' time
[01:46.07]We were young and restless
[01:48.21]We needed to unwind
[01:51.11]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
[02:11.47]And now the times are changin'
[02:14.57]Look at everything that's come and gone
[02:18.01]Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[02:21.35]I think about ya wonder what went wrong
[02:25.16]Standin' on your mama's porch
[02:28.40]You told me it would last forever
[02:32.34]Oh the way you held my hand
[02:35.26]I knew that it was now or never
[02:39.02]Those were the best days of my life
[02:47.77]Back in the summer of '69