[ti:summer of 69] [ar:bryan adams ] [al:] [offset:500] [00:05]I got my first real six-string [00:08]Bought it at the five-and-dime [00:12]Played it till my fingers bled [00:15][02:52][03:10]It was the summer of '69 [00:18]Me and some guys from school [00:22]Had a band and we tried real hard [00:25]Jimmy quit and Jody got married [00:29]I shoulda known we'd never get far [00:33]Oh when I look back now [00:36]That summer seemed to last forever [00:39]And if I had the choice [00:43]Yeah - I'd always wanna be there [00:46]Those were the best days of my life [00:57]Ain't no use in complainin' [01:00]When you got a job to do [01:03]Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in [01:08]And that's when I met you [01:10][02:23]Standin' on your mama's porch [01:14]You told me that you'd wait forever [02:26]You told me that it'd last forever [01:17][02:30]Oh and when you held my hand [01:21][02:33]I knew that it was now or never [01:24][02:37]Those were the best days of my life [01:30][02:43][02:56]Oh yeah [01:33][02:45]Back in the summer of '69 [01:37][02:50][03:04]Ohhh [01:41]Man we were killin' time [01:44]We were young and restless [01:46]We needed to unwind [01:49]I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no [01:58][03:18]Yeah [02:10]And now the times are changin' [02:13]Look at everything that's come and gone [02:16]Sometimes when I play that old six-string [02:20]I think about ya wonder what went wrong [02:59]Me and my baby, '69