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I got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played 'til my fingers bled

It was summer of '69

Me and some guys from school

Had a Band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit and Jody got married

I shualda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now

That was seemes to last forever

And if I had the choice

Ya - I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

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Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive in

And that's when I met you

Standin on a mama'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

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(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

Man we were killin' time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

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And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Somethimes when I play that old six-string

I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Standin on a mama'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

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(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

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