Nixon - Summer of '69 Lyrics

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at a five-and-dime
I played it 'til my fingers bled
It was the summer of sixty-nine

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
Oh, 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'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's where I met you

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me you could 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 sixty-nine

Man, we were killin' time, we were young and restless
Needed to unwind
I guess nothing could last forever, forever, no

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

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it could wait forever
Oh, the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of sixty-nine
Oh, yeah
Back in the summer of sixty-nine