Summer of '69

Bryan Adams


I got my first real six-string
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Me and some guys from school   
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Was the summer of '69
Had a band and we tried real hard
I should've known we'd never get far

Chorus
Oh when I look back now - That 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

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

Chorus
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

Interlude:
   Man we were killin’ time
   We were young and restless - We needed to unwind
   I guess nothin’ can last forever, forever, no! yeah!

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

Chorus
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 - Oh yeah - Back in the summer of '69, oh

It was the summer of ‘69, oh yeah
Me and my baby in ‘69, oh
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of ‘69, yeah