I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bied
It was the summer of sixtynine
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I should known we'd never get far
Oh when
I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya 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 evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when
I met you, ya
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 Ya
Back in the summer of sixtynine
Oh man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' 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
I think about Ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you hold my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Oh Ya
Back in the summer of sixtynine
Oh
It was the summer of sixtynine
Oh Ya
Back in the summer of sixtynine
Oh
It was the summer summer summer of sixtynine
Ya