Summer of 69 lyrics

Adams had a few hits before this was released, his biggest being " Reckless album made him a star. Vallance reflects: "Looking back, I think 'Summer Of '69' was Bryan and I at our best. We hadn't had any real 'success' yet... that would come when Reckless went to #1 on the charts and sold 12 million copies... but that was a year away. In January 1984 Bryan and I were still writing songs for all the right reasons, for the pure love and joy of it. We had nothing to prove, and even less to lose. We wrote songs to please ourselves. Everything started to unravel after Reckless." • According to Vallance, many of the lyrics were inspired by other songs: "I got my first real six string" - from Foreigner's "Juke Box Hero" and the line, "I bought a beat up six-string in a second-hand store." "Standin' on your mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever" - Bruce Springsteen's " "When you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never" - The Beatles " • Both Adams and Vallance had bands in high school, which provided fodder for the lyrics about the band that broke up. In the line, "Jimmy quit, Jody got married," Jody was Jody Perpik, who was Adams' sound man. He got married around the time this song was coming together, and he appeared in the video with his wife - in a car with a "Just Married" sign. • send your comment Comments: 75 • Susan from IllinoisIn the Songfacts from this song Bryan Adams is quoted saying the song is about “looking back on the summertime and sex.” So some...

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 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit, Jody got married I should've known we'd never get far Oh, when I look back now The 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 (Hey) Ain't no use in complainin' When you've got a job to do Spent my evenings 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, oh Man we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no Yeah And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string 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, oh It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in '69, oh, oh It was the summer The summer, the summer of '69 Yeah Writer/s: Bryan Adams, James Douglas Vallance Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group Lyrics licensed and provided by

[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 should've known we'd never get far [Chorus] 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 (Hey) [Verse 2] Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do I spent my evеnings down at the drive-in And that's when I mеt you, yeah [Chorus] 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 nothing can last forever Forever, no 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 you, wonder what went wrong [Chorus] 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

I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it till 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 and Joey 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 Ya - 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 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 Back in the summer of '69 Man we were killin' time We were young and reckless We needed to unwind I guess nothin' can last forever - forever 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 wonder what went wrong 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 Back in the summer of '69 It was the summer of '69 Me and my baby in '69

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 I should've 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 complaining When you got a job to do Spent my evening's 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!! 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 Standing 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! Back in the summer of '69 It was the summer of '69