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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 The 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