Whoa! I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it 'til my fingers bled It was the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit and Judy got married 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 want to be there Those were the best days of my life Whoa yeah Back in the summer of '69 Whoa Whoa yeah Back in the summer of '69 Whoa Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do Spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah Standin' on 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 Whoa yeah Back in the summer of '69 Whoa yeah (whoa yeah) Whoa yeah (whoa yeah) Whoa yeah (whoa yeah) Whoa Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no Yeah Whoa yeah (In the summer of '69) (Whoa yeah) Back in the summer of '69 Whoa yeah Back in the summer of '69