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I got my first real six-string |
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Bought it at the five-and-dime |
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Played it till my fingers bled |
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It was summer of '69 |
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Me and some guys from school |
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We had a band and we tried real hard |
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But Jimmy quit and |
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Joey got married |
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I should've known we'd never get far |
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Oh, when I look back now |
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That summer seemed to last forever |
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And if I had the choice |
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Yeah, 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 in complainin' |
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When you got a job to do |
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Spent my evenings at the drive-in |
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And that's when |
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I met you, yeah |
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Standin' on your mama's porch |
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You told me that you'd wait forever |
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Oh, and when you held my hand |
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I knew that it was now or never |
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Those were the best days of my life |
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Oh yeah Back in summer of '69 |
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Man, we were killin' time |
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We were young and restless |
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We needed to unwind |
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I guess nothin' can last forever |
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Forever, yeah |
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Standin' on your mama's porch |
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You told me that it'd last forever |
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Oh, the way you held my hand |
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I knew that it was now or never |
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Those were the best days of my life |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah |
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Back in the summer of '69 '69 (Back in the summer of '69) ('69) |
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It was the summer of '69 |
