Summer of 69

I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime [blank_start]Played[blank_end] it 'til my fingers bled [blank_start]Was[blank_end] the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we [blank_start]tried[blank_end] real hard. Jimmy quit, Jody got [blank_start]married[blank_end] I should've known we'd [blank_start]never[blank_end] get far Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd [blank_start]always[blank_end] wanna be there Those [blank_start]were[blank_end] the [blank_start]best[blank_end] days of my life Ain't no use in complainin' When you've got a job to do [blank_start]Spent[blank_end] my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I [blank_start]met[blank_end] you, yeah Standin' on your mama's porch You [blank_start]told[blank_end] me that you'd wait forever Oh, and when you held my hand I [blank_start]knew[blank_end] that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah. Back in the summer of '69, oh. Man we were killin' time We were [blank_start]young[blank_end] and restless We [blank_start]needed[blank_end] to unwind I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no! yeah! And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone [blank_start]Sometimes[blank_end] when I play that old six-string I think about you, wonder what [blank_start]went[blank_end] wrong Standin' on your mama's porch 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, oh. It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah. Me and my baby in '69, oh. It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah.