Summer of 69

Bryan Adams

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, 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

Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complaining

When you got a job to do

I spent my evenings down at the drive-in

And that's when I met you

Standing on your momma'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

Man we were killing time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind I guess nothing could last forever

Forever... no

And now the times are changing

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

Think about you wonder what went wrong

Standing on your momma'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 lfe

Oh yeah... back in the summer of 69

Uh huh... it was the summer of 69

Oh yeah... me and my baby in 69

It was the summer, summer, summer of 69