Autor: Bryan Adams
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| I got my | first real six string, | bought it at the | five & dime |
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| Played it ’til my | fingers bled, | it 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, | should’ve known we’d | never get far |
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| Oh when I | look back now | that summer seemed to | last forever |
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| And if I | had the choice | ya 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 you got a | job to do |
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| Spent my evenings | down at the drive | in and that’s | when I met you. |
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| Oh when I | look back now | that summer seemed to | last forever |
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| And if I | had the choice | ya I’d always | wanna be there |
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| Those were the | best days | of my life |
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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, | forever no |
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| And now the | times are changin, | look at everything | that’s come and gone |
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| Sometimes when I | played my old six string | I think about you | wonder what wrong. |
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| Standing on your | mamma’s porch | you told me that you’d | wait forever |
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| And when you | held my hand | I knew that it was | now or never |
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| Those were the | best days of my | life, | ohh yeah |
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Back in the summer of 69………
