[00:20.28]I got my first real six-string
[00:23.36]Bought it at the five-and-dime
[00:26.68]Played it till my fingers bled
[00:29.86]It was the summer of '69
[00:33.53]Me and some guys from school
[00:36.61]Had a band and we tried real hard
[00:39.87]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[00:43.36]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[00:47.54]Oh when I look back now
[00:50.09]That summer seemed to last forever
[00:53.93]And if I had the choice
[00:57.25]Ya - I'd always wanna be there
[01:00.73]Those were the best days of my life
[01:11.21]Ain't no use in complainin'
[01:14.60]When you got a job to do
[01:17.56]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
[01:21.74]And that's when I met you
[01:24.62]Standin' on your mama's porch
[01:27.84]You told me that you'd wait forever
[01:31.47]Oh and when you held my hand
[01:34.54]I knew that it was now or never
[01:38.36]Those were the best days of my life
[01:46.59]Back in the summer of '69
[01:55.36]Man we were killin' time
[01:57.52]We were young and restless
[01:59.65]We needed to unwind
[02:02.57]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever
[02:22.57]And now the times are changin'
[02:25.80]Look at everything that's come and gone
[02:28.87]Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[02:32.35]I think about ya wonder what went wrong
[02:35.91]Standin' on your mama's porch
[02:39.15]You told me it would last forever
[02:42.57]And the way you held my hand
[02:45.74]I knew that it was now or never
[02:49.57]Those were the best days of my life
[02:59.70]Back in the summer of '69