Bryan Adams

Released: June 17, 1985

Songwriter: Bryan Adams Jim Vallance

Producer: Bryan Adams Bob Clearmountain

[Intro]
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69

[Verse 1]
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far

[Chorus 1]
But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

[Verse 2]
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, ya

[Chorus 2]
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
Oh!

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

[Interlude]
Yeah!

[Verse 3]
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 ya 'n wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3]
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh, the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Back in the summer of '69
Uh-huh
It was the summer of '69
Oh yeah
Me and my baby in a 69
Oh! Oh!
It was the summer, summer, summer of 69

Bryan Adams is a Canadian singer/songwriter and record producer.

He has gathered 15 Grammy Award nominations, including a win for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. Additionally, Adams is known for his work on the soundtrack to the 2002 animated film, Stallion of the Cimarron. He has also, along with his longtime collaborator Jim Vallance, written the music and lyrics to the Broadway show Pretty The Musical.

Adams' Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles include Heaven, All for Love and Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.

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