Summer of 69
Bryan Adams Summer of 69
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I got my first real six strings bought it at the five and dime
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Played it 'til my fingers bled was the summer of 69
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Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit and Jody got married I shouda known we'd never get far
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Oh when I look back now that summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice yeah I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best years of my life
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Ain't no use in complainin' when you got a job to do
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Spend my evenin' down at the drive-in and that's when I met you yeah
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Standin' on your mama's porch you told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Oh yeah... back in the summer of 69
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Man we were killing time we were young and restless we needed to unwind
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I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no!
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And now the times are changin' look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play that old six string
I think 'bout you; wonder what went wrong
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Standin' on your mama's porch you told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Oh yeah... back in the summer of 69 back in the summer of 69
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Me and my baby in 69...