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 yeah
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, forever, no
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 you, wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last 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
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 yeah
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, forever, no
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 you, wonder what went wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last 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
We felt this was a good idea because It sticks to a genre we both know it follows conventions of the rock genre for example lyrics about love and guitar solos. The length of the song fits the set criteria fairly well as it's only three and a half minutes long, and I feel we have enough ideas to use the time well. Finally it's a song we both know and really like so learning the lyrics and ques won't be an issue and when it comes to performing makes more comfortable using it.
One idea for the video is to start with a tilt shot going up a guitar on the line "first real six string" before going to a mid shot of me holding the guitar. We then cut to a school music practice room stood like a band and each time you hear a member quit the band you edit that person out. Til it's just the singer left.
Then we fade into a close up of photos in an album that we will make. before then cutting to me and a woman having a heart to heart on the opening lines of verse 4 before fading back to me on the photo album. The final scenes would be performance based one verse set in a studio or practice room and the other with me nursing the old guitar sat on a bridge.
One idea for the video is to start with a tilt shot going up a guitar on the line "first real six string" before going to a mid shot of me holding the guitar. We then cut to a school music practice room stood like a band and each time you hear a member quit the band you edit that person out. Til it's just the singer left.
Then we fade into a close up of photos in an album that we will make. before then cutting to me and a woman having a heart to heart on the opening lines of verse 4 before fading back to me on the photo album. The final scenes would be performance based one verse set in a studio or practice room and the other with me nursing the old guitar sat on a bridge.
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