Summer of 69 (Classic Version)

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 Jody got married

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, 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 evenings down at the drive-in

And that's when 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

Man, we were killin' time, we were young and restless

We needed to unwind, I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no

And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

Think about you, wonder what went wrong

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

Oh yeah, back in the summer of 69

It was the summer of 69, oh yeah

Just me and my baby in a 69

Oh

It was the summer

Sweet, sweet summertime

Come on

It was the summer of 69