Summer Of Sixty Nine Ryan Adams 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 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 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 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 (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 - | - (2x) - And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone - A Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong Standin on your mama'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 life (Oh yeah) It was the summer of 69' (repeat all the way to the end)