Lyrics Summer of 69

Summer of 69 was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. It is often interpreted as a nostalgic look back at the 1960s, but Vallance has revealed that 69 in the title refers more to a sexual position than to the year. Adams, on the other hand, has mentioned in interviews that the song does indeed refer to the summer of 1969, a significant time in his life. 

 I got my first real six-string
 Bought it at the five-and-dime
 Played it 'til my fingers bled
 It was the summer of '69

 Me and some guys from school
 Had a band and we tried real hard
 Jimmy quit, Jody got married
 I shoulda 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'd always wanna be there
 Those were the best days of my life


 Ain't no use in complainin'
 When you got a job to do
 Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
 And that's when I met you, yeah

 Standin' 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
 Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh

 Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
 I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no


 And now the times are changin'
 Look at everything that's come and gone
 Sometimes when I play that old six-string
 I think about you, wonder what went 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 Uh-huh
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
 It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
Yeah
(Fade out)

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