歌词
I got my first real six-string
我得到了我的第一把吉他
Bought it at the five-and-dime
它来自一家廉价的零售店
Played it till my fingers bled
我弹到我的双手流出血液
It was the summer of '69
这就是六九年的那个夏天
Me and some guys from school
我联合学校里的一些朋友
Had a band and we tried real hard
组成了一个乐队 我们真的很努力
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
但吉米退出了 乔迪也结婚了
I shoulda known we'd never get far
我早就该知道 乐队不会持续很久
Oh when I look back now
但当我回首往事
That summer seemed to last forever
那个夏天似乎永远不会结束
And if I had the choice
如果我能回到过去
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
我仍旧会选择组成乐队
Those were the best days of my life
那是我这一生中最美好的日子
Ain't no use in complainin'
抱怨是没用的
When you got a job to do
生活总要继续下去
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
我每晚开车经过路边餐馆
And that's when I met you
我就这么遇到了你
Standin' on your mama's porch
你站在你妈妈家的门廊边
You told me that you'd wait forever
告诉我你会永远等着我
Oh and when you held my hand
当你握着我的手时
I knew that it was now or never
我知道这一刻永远都不会逝去
Those were the best days of my life
那是我这一生中最美好的日子
Back in the summer of '69
回到六九年的夏天
Man we were killin' time
我们忘却时间的疯闹
We were young and restless
我们轻狂又不安
We needed to unwind
我们需要从那种情况中逃离
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever
我猜没什么东西能永不消逝
And now the times are changin'
白驹过隙 白衣苍狗
Look at everything that's come and gone
看着来去过往的一切
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
有时候我弹起我那把旧吉他
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
我觉得你一定好奇是什么出了问题
Standin' on your mama's porch
回到你站在门外的那个夏天
You told me it would last forever
你告诉我一切都不会结束
And the way you held my hand
你握着我的手时
I knew that it was now or never
我真的觉得这一切永远都不会消逝
Those were the best days of my life
那永远是我这一生中最美好的日子
Back in the summer of '69
无论你们在哪里 请让我们回到六九年的那个夏天
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