Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams

                                    

                                              
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
                          
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13th May 2014
                          
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i got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime 
                          
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played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69 
                          
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me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard 
                          
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jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far
                          
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oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever 
                          
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and if i had the choice - 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 complaining - when ya gotta job to do 
                          
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spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya 
                          
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standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever 
                          
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and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never 
                          
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those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69
                          
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man we were killin' time 
                          
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we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind 
                          
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i guess nothing can last forever...
                          
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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 my old six string 
                          
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i think about you wonder what went wrong
                          
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standing on your mamma's porch - you told me it'd last forever 
                          
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and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never 
                          
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those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69
                          
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