[00:05.18]I got my first real six-string
[00:08.09]Bought it at the five-and-dime
[00:11.72]Played it till my fingers bled
[00:14.92]It was the summer of '69
[00:18.75]Me and some guys from school
[00:21.94]Had a band and we tried real hard
[00:25.39]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[00:28.71]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[00:33.33]Oh when I look back now
[00:35.85]That summer seemed to last forever
[00:38.98]And if I had the choice
[00:42.94]Ya - I'd always wanna be there
[00:46.38]Those were the best days of my life
[00:49.93]
[00:57.28]Ain't no use in complainin'
[01:00.19]When you got a job to do
[01:03.25]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
[01:07.09]And that's when I met you
[01:10.68]Standin' on your mama's porch
[01:13.81]You told me that you'd wait forever
[01:17.50]Oh and when you held my hand
[01:20.68]I knew that it was now or never
[01:24.46]Those were the best days of my life
[01:29.59]
[01:32.85]Back in the summer of '69
[01:41.79]Man we were killin' time
[01:44.07]We were young and restless
[01:46.21]We needed to unwind
[01:49.11]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
[02:09.47]And now the times are changin'
[02:12.57]Look at everything that's come and gone
[02:16.01]Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[02:19.35]I think about ya wonder what went wrong
[02:23.16]Standin' on your mama's porch
[02:26.40]You told me it would last forever
[02:30.34]Oh the way you held my hand
[02:33.26]I knew that it was now or never
[02:37.02]Those were the best days of my life
[02:45.77]Back in the summer of '69