[00:04.42] I got my first real six-string [00:07.89] Bought it at the five and dime [00:11.12] Played it 'til my fingers bled [00:14.63] Was the summer of '69 [00:17.81] Me and some guys from school [00:21.53] Had a band and we tried real hard [00:24.96] Jimmy quit and Jody got married [00:27.91] I should've known we'd never get far [00:31.43] Oh, when I look back now [00:34.92] That summer seemed to last forever [00:38.56] And if I had the choice [00:41.42] Yeah, I'd always wanna be there [00:45.07] Those were the best days of my life [00:50.20] [00:55.51] Ain't no use in complainin' [00:59.69] When you got a job to do [01:02.86] I spent my evenings down at the drive-in [01:05.98] And that's when I met you, yeah! [01:10.30] Standin' on your mama's porch [01:12.95] You told me that you'd wait forever [01:16.55] Oh, and when you held my hand [01:19.44] I knew that it was now or never [01:23.24] Those were the best days of my life [01:28.75] Oh, yeah [01:31.58] Back in the summer of '69, oh [01:37.86] [01:40.74] Man, we were killin' time [01:43.21] We were young and restless [01:45.18] We needed to unwind [01:47.92] I guess nothing can last forever [01:51.52] Forever, no [01:56.34] Yeah [01:59.66] [02:08.06] And now the times are changin' [02:11.68] Look at everything that's come and gone [02:14.69] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [02:18.68] I think about you, wonder what went wrong [02:21.62] Standin' on your mama's porch [02:25.03] You told me that it'd last forever [02:29.08] Oh, and when you held my hand [02:32.19] I knew that it was now or never [02:35.41] Those were the best days of my life [02:41.01] Oh, yeah [02:43.87] Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh [02:51.23] It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah [02:57.86] Me and my baby in '69, oh, oh [03:06.04] [03:08.62] It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 [03:16.55] (Yeah) [03:16.98]