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Intro

Verse 1

i got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime

played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69

me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard

jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far

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oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever

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and if i had the choice - ya i'd always wanna be there

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those were the best days of my life

Verse 2

ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do

spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya

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standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever

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and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never

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those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69

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man we were killin' time

we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind

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i guess nothing can last forever...

and now the times are changin'

look at everything that's come and gone

sometimes when i play my old six string

i think about you wonder what went wrong

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standing on your manna's porch - you told me it'd last forever

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and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never

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those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69

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