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I got my first real six-string
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Bought it at the five-and-dime
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Played it til my fingers bled
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It was the summer of '69
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Me and some guys from school
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Had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit and Jody got married
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I shoulda known we'd never get far
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Oh when I look back now
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That summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice
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Ya - I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my life
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Ain't no use in complainin'
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When you got a job to do
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Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
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And that's when I met you
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Standin' on your Mama's porch
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You told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Back in the summer of '69
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Man we were killin' time
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We were young and restless
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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'
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Look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string
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I think about ya wonder what went wrong
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Standin' on your Mama's porch
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You told me it would last forever
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Oh the way you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Back in the summer of '69
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Summer OF `69
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Bryan Adams |