I got my first real six-string 我得到了我的第一个真正的六弦

Bought it at the five-and-dime 买了它在五和角钱

Played it till my fingers bled 玩过它，直到我的手指放血

It was summer of '69 那是69年的夏天

Me and some guys from school 我和一些球员从学校

We had a band and we tried real hard 我们有一个乐队，我们尝试真正的硬

But Jimmy quit and Joey got married 但吉米退出和乔伊结婚

I should've known we'd never get far 我就知道我们永远也得不到远

   

Oh, when I look back now 哦，当我回头看现在

That summer seemed to last forever 那年夏天，似乎永远持续下去

And if I had the choice 如果我当初的选择

Yeah, I'd always wanna be there 是啊，我一直想在那里

Those were the best days of my life 那是我一生中最美好的日子

   

Ain't no use in complainin' 是不是在抱怨来没有用

When you got a job to do 当你有工作要做

Spent my evenings at the drive-in 花了我晚上在驱动器中

And that's when I met you, yeah 这就是当我遇见你，是的

Standin' on your mama's porch 在你妈妈的门廊站在

You told me that you'd wait forever 你告诉我，你会永远等待

Oh, and when you held my hand 哦，当你握着我的手

I knew that it was now or never 我知道，这是机不可失，时不再来

Those were the best days of my life 那是我一生中最美好的日子

   

Oh yeah 哦耶

Back in summer of '69 早在69夏季

   

Man, we were killin' time 男人，我们杀人的时间

We were young and restless 我们是年轻和不安

We needed to unwind 我们需要放松

I guess nothin' can last forever 我想没什么可以天长地久

Forever, yeah 永远的，是

   

Standin' on your mama's porch 在你妈妈的门廊站在

You told me that it'd last forever 你告诉我，它会永远持续下去

Oh, the way you held my hand 呵呵，这样你握着我的手

I knew that it was now or never 我知道，这是机不可失，时不再来

Those were the best days of my life 那是我一生中最美好的日子

Yeah, yeah, yeah 是啊，是啊，是啊

Back in the summer of '69 早在69夏季

'69 69

(Back in the summer of '69) （早在69夏季）

('69) （ 69 ）

It was the summer of '69 那是69年的夏天