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I got my first real six string, bought it at the five & dime
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Played it til my fingers bled, was the summer of '69
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Me and some guys from school, had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit and Jody got married, shoulda known we'd never get far
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Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice, ya I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my life
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Ain't no use complaining, when you gotta job to do
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Spent my evenings down at the drive in, and that's when I met you, yeah!
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Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever
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And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69
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Man we were killin' time
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We were young and reckless, we needed to unwind
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I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no...
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And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play my old six string, I think about you and wonder what went wrong
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Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever
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And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69