I got my first real six-stringBought it at the five-and-dimePlayed it 'til my fingers bledIt was the summer of '79Me and some guys from schoolHad a band and we tried real hardPeter quit and James got marriedI shoulda known we'd never get farOh when I look back nowThat summer seemed to last foreverAnd if I had the choiceYa - I'd always wanna be thereThose were the best days of my lifeAin't no use in complainin'When you got a job to doSpent my evenin's down at the three broomsticksAnd that's where I met you yeahStandin' on your mama's porchYou told me it would last foreverOh and when you held my handI knew that it was now or neverThose were the best days of my lifeBack in the summer of '79Man we were killin' timeWe were young and wrecklessWe needed to unwindI guess nothin' can last forever, forever, noAnd now the times are changin'Look at everything that's come and goneSometimes when I play that old six-stringI think about you, wonder what went wrongStandin' on your mama's porchYou told me it would last foreverOh and when you held my handI knew that it was now or neverThose were the best days of my lifeBack in the summer of '79