Taken from Bryan Adams' second box set "Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024". Out Now! Shop here: https://lnk.to/LiveatRAH2024 Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 May, 2024 Written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance Recorded by Stefan Holtz Mixed by Hayden Watson Directed by Dick Carruthers and BA Summer Of 69 I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it til 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 Jody 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 Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of 69 Man we were killin' time - we were young and restless We needed to unwind - i guess nothin' can last 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 Website: https://www.bryanadams.com/ Instagram: https://lnk.to/BAdamsInsta Facebook: https://lnk.to/BAdamsFacebook Twitter: https://lnk.to/followBAtwitter TikTok: https://lnk.to/BAdamstiktok Spotify: https://lnk.to/BASpotify Subscribe to YouTube: https://lnk.to/subscribeBAYT