[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