Summer Of '69 (Album Version)

I got my first real six-string
我真正得到属于我的第一把六弦琴
Bought it at the five-and-dime
购自路边的廉价商店
Played it till my fingers bled
弹奏它直到我的手指流血
It was the summer of '69
那是在69年的夏日
Me and some guys from school
来自校园的他们和我
Had a band and we tried real hard
费尽心血组建一个乐队
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
之后吉米退出 乔迪结婚了
I shoulda known we'd never get far
我知道我们从来不会相隔太远
Oh when I look back now
如今回顾旧史
That summer seemed to last forever
这个夏季看起来那么长 如同过了一个世纪
And if I had the choice
如果给我一次机会
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
我会选择永远留在这
Those were the best days of my life
那是我生命之中一段最美的时光

Ain't no use in complainin'
不需要解释什么
When you got a job to do
就如同你得到一份称心的工作
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
夜晚驱车出去
And that's when I met you
当我与你相遇
Standin' on your mama's porch
你站在你家门前
You told me that you'd wait forever
你告诉我你会一直等我
Oh and when you held my hand
当你牵着我的手
I knew that it was now or never
我知道那就是永恒
Those were the best days of my life
那是我生命之中一段最美的时光

Back in the summer of '69
那是在69年的夏日
Man we were killin' time
岁月不饶人
We were young and restless
我们过去那么年轻但是还是不满足
We needed to unwind
我们必须放手
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
我想没有什么能够永恒
And now the times are changin'
时过境迁
Look at everything that's come and gone
回想过去发生的一切
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
有时候当我拨弄我的那把旧的六弦琴的时候
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
我在想我们之间到底是哪里出了错
Standin' on your mama's porch
你站在你家门前
You told me it would last forever
你告诉我你会一直等我
Oh the way you held my hand
当你牵着我的手
I knew that it was now or never
我知道那就是永恒
Those were the best days of my life
那是我生命之中一段最美的时光
Back in the summer of '69
那是在69年的夏日