Summer Of '69

I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it till my fingers bled
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 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 complaining
When you got a job to do
Spent my evening's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

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!

Back in the summer of '69
oh yeah!

Man, we were killing time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever
Forever, no!!
yeah!

And now the times are changing
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six string
I think about you wonder what went wrong

Standing on your mama's porch, that right
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!
Back in the summer of '69
It was the summer of '69

Verano Del '69

tuve mi primera seis cuerdas, real
la compre en cinco y diez centavos
tocandola hasta que mis dedos sangraban
era el verano del '69

unos chicos del colegio y yo
teniamos una banda y lo intentamos duramente
jimmy la dejo y Jody se caso
debia saber que nunca llegariamos lejos

oh ahora cuando miro atras
ese verano parecia durar por siempre
si tuviera la oportunidad
yeah, me gustaria estar ahi
esos fueron los mejores dias de mi vida!

no es inutil quejarse
cuando tienes un trabajo por hacer
derroche mi atardecer manejando
y fue entonces cuando te conoci, yeah

quedandome en el porch de tu mama
me dijiste que esperarias por siempre
oh y cuando sostuviste mi mano
sabia que era ahora o nunca
esos fueron los mejores dias de mi vida!

regresar al verano del '69
oh yeah!

man, estamos matando el tiempo
somos jovenes e inquietos
necesitamos relajarnos
supongo que nada dura para siempre
por siempre, no!!
yeah!

y ahora los tiempos cambiaron
mirando como todo llega y se va
a veces cuando toco esa vieja seis cuerdas
pienso sobre lo maravilloso que era estar equivocado

quedandome en el porch de tu mama
me dijiste que esperarias por siempre
oh y cuando sostuviste mi mano
sabia que era ahora o nunca
esos fueron los mejores dias de mi vida!
oh yeah!
regresar al verano del '69
era el verano del verano del '69