Smokie - Summer Of ’69 - Live - 1992

Smokie play the famous Song from Bryan Adams “Summer Of ’69“ live at the “Donauinselfest“ Festival in Vienna 1992 Date: This Festival was shown on Austria TV in excellent Quality... Bryan Adams: - Album: Reckless 1984 - Single: Summer Of ’69 - Released in Summer 1985 Smokie: Alan Barton - Leadvocal & Guitar (1986 - 1995) Alan Silson - Leadguitar & Back Vocal (1975 - 1996) Terry Uttley - Bass & Back Vocal (Since 1975) Martin Bullard - Keyboard (Since 1988) Steve Pinnell - Drums & Percussion (Since 1988) Songtext: Summer Of ’69 Musik & Lyrics: Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played it ’till my fingers bled Was the summer of 69 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit and Joey got married 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 Yeah , 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, yeah 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 that it’d last forever Oh when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life, oh yeah Back in the summer of 69, uh-huh It was the summer of 69 oh yeah, me n my baby in 69 It was the summer, the summer, summer of 69