Whoa I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five and dime Played it 'til my fingers bleed It 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 I should've 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 always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Whoa, yeah Back in the summer of '69 ('69, '69) Whoa Whoa, yeah Back in the summer of '69 ('69, '69) Whoa Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do Spent my evening's down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that you'd wait forever Oh, and 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' times We were young and restless We needed to unwind (unwind) I guess nothing can last forever, forever and now Yeah ♪ Whoa, yeah (Back in the summer of '69) (Whoa, yeah) Back in the summer of '69 Whoa, yeah Back in the summer of '69