More songs by Bryan Adams
Description
Composer Lyricist, Producer, Associated Performer, Vocalist: Bryan Adams
Studio Personnel, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer: Bob Clearmountain
Composer Lyricist, Producer, Associate Producer: Jim Vallance
Lyrics and translation
Original
We're gonna do a song from the new album, it's called The Summer of '69.
I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five and dime.
Played until my fingers bled, it was the summer of '69. Hey!
Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I should've known we'd never get far.
But when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever.
And if I had the choice, yeah, I always would I 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. And when you held my hand,
I knew that it was now or never.
Those were the best days of my life. Oh, yeah!
It was 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!
And now the times are changing, look everything has come and gone.
Sometimes when I play my old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
Standing on your mama's porch, you told me that it'd last forever.
And when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never.
Those were the best days of my life.
It was the summer of '69.
Uh-huh.
It was the summer of '69.
Yeah!
Just me and my baby in '69.
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '85.
Yeah, yeah! Oh.
Thank you very much, good night!
Thank you!