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 real hard

Jimmy quit and Jody got married

I should've 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 [bad word] 
When you got a job to do

Spent my evening 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

Ohh yeah

Back in the summer of '69

Ahhh

Back in the summer of '69

Ohh yeah

Me and my baby in '69

Ohh

Man we were killing time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothing can last forever - forever, no

Yeah