Taken from Bryan Adams’ second box set “Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024”.

Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 May, 2024

Summer of 69

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

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

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 ya wonder what went wrong

Standin’ on your mama’s porch – you told me it would last forever
Oh the way 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.

https://youtu.be/sOmovvrwNWc?si=ygG9tH61cYz5M704

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• This discussion was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by  Gustan Cho.
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This song was written by Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange around a piece of film music by composer Michael Kamen. This trio of songwriters, went on to have 3 number one records during the 1990’s. Sadly Kamen died of multiple sclerosis in 2003, Adams says “Losing Michael was like losing a brother, and I think of him every time I sing this song.”
This video was filmed in Miami, Florida 1992, directed by Andy Morahan.

Lyric:
Look into my eyes – you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart – search your soul
And when you find me there you’ll search no more
Don’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
You can’t tell me it’s not worth dyin’ for
You know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you
Look into my heart – you will FIND
There’s nothin’ there to hide
Take me as I am – take my life
I would give it ALL I would sacrifice
Don’t tell me it’s not worth fightin’ for
I can’t help it there’s nothin’ I want more
Ya know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you
There’s no love – like your love
And no other – could give more love
There’s nowhere – unless you’re there
All the time – all the way
Don’t tell me it’s not worth tryin’ for
I can’t help it there’s nothin’ I want more
I would fight for you – I’d lie for you
Walk the wire for you – Ya I’d die for you
Ya know it’s true
Everything I do – I do it for you
https://youtu.be/Y0pdQU87dc8?si=0Y8tI1brThqkApcM

Here’s another oldie from Bryan Adams Summer of 69

https://youtu.be/eFjjO_lhf9c?si=nEuVcFti7Z8U78YR

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