"Summer Of '69" lyrics

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the Five and Dime
Played it till my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band, and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Should've known we'd never get far

Oh, and when I look back now
The summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you
Yeah

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, yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Oh, yeah

Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no

Yeah

Yeah, yeah

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
Think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last 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, yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Uh-huh
Back in the summer of '69
Oh, yeah
Me and my baby in '69