summer of '69

• 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 and jody got married
  i 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 in complainin'
  when you got a job to do
  spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
  and that's when i met you - ya
  
  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
  
  man we were killin' time
  we were young and restless
  we needed to unwind
  i guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
  
  and now the times are changin'
  look at everything that's come and gone
  sometimes when i play that old six string
  i think about you wonder what went wrong
  
  standin' on your mama's porch
  you told me that it'd 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
  back in the summer of '69