I got my first real six string, bought it at the five & dime Played it til 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, ya I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Ain't no use complaining, when you gotta job to do Spent my evenings down at the drive in, and that's when I met you, yeah! Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69 Man we were killin' time We were young and reckless, we needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no... Instrumental Break - Play Intro And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play my old six string, I think about you and wonder what went wrong Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69