I got my first real six-string Bought it at the fine and dime Played it to my fingers bled It was the summer of 69 Me and some guys from school We had a band and we tried real hard But Jimmy quit and Joey got married You should've known we'd never get far Oh, when I look back now The summer seemed to last forever And if I had a choice I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Back in the summer of 69 Oh yeah, I met my baby in the 69 Back in the summer of 69 Oh yeah, I met my baby in the 69 Ain't no use in complaining Yeah, you got a job to do Spend my evening down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yo Standing on your 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 Oh, back in the summer of 69 Oh yeah, I met my baby in the 69 Yeah, man, we were killing time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess that nothing can last forever Forever, no Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Yeah Back in the summer of 69 Oh yeah, I met my baby in the 69 Oh Yeah