Summer Of '69 -- Bryan Adams

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  should 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 had 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 evenings 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

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

(**)  

it was the summer of 69,o me n my baby in 69                  (sing365) 

In the Summer of '69, Bryan was 9 years old. He told us: "It's a very simple song about looking back on the summertime and making love. For me, the '69 was a metaphor for making love not about the year. I had someone in Spain ask me once why I wrote the first line 'I had my first real sex dream'... I had to laugh."                                   (songfacts)