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 'til my fingers bled 玩过它，直到我的手指放血

It was the 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

Had a band and we tried real hard. 有一个乐队，我们尝试真正的努力。

Jimmy quit, Jody got married 吉米退出，乔迪结婚

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've got a job to do 当你有工作要做

Spent my evening's down at the drive-in 花了驱动器，在我黄昏的下降

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，是的。

Back in the summer of '69, oh. 早在69年的夏天哦。

Man we were killin' time 人，我们是杀人的时间

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, forever, no! 我想没什么可以天长地久，永远不！

And now the times are changin' 现在的时间是起了变化“

Look at everything that's come and gone 看着一切的来去匆匆

Sometimes when I play that old six-string 有时，当我玩老的六弦

I think about you, wonder what went wrong 我想你，想知道哪里出了问题

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, 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，是的。

Back in the summer of '69, oh. 早在69年的夏天哦。

It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah. 那是夏天的69年，哦，是的。

Me and my baby in '69, oh. 我和我的孩子在69年哦。

It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah. 那是夏天，夏天，的'69夏季，是的。