I got my first real six-string
Bought it at a five-and-dime
Played it til 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 shoulda known we'd never get far

Chorus
     Oh when I look back now
     that summer seemed to last forever
     Oh and if I had a 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 where I met you

Chorus
     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                    
                    back in the summer of '69

Bridge
Man we were killing time
we were young and restless we needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever- forever;no

                                           
And now the times are changing
look at everything thats come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you wonder what went wrong

Chorus
     Standin' on your mama's porch
     you told me it would 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

Back in the summer of 69