Bryan Guy Adams OC, OBC, (born November 5th 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. Some of his best-known albums are Reckless, 18 til I Die, and Waking Up the Neighbours.
Bryan Adams was already popular in Canada when the release of his third album 'Cuts Like A Knife' in 1983 brought him a large following in the USA. His fourth album, 'Reckless', often referred to as one of the most significant of the 1980s, sold over 4 million copies at the time and continues to sell now.
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[Verse 1]
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I got my first real six-string
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Bought it at the five-and-dime
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Played it 'til my fingers bled
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It was the summer of '69
[Verse 2]
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Me and some guys from school
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Had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit, Joey got married
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I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1]
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Oh, when I look back now
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That summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice
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Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my life
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Ain't no use in complainin'
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When you got a job to do
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Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
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And that's when I met you
[Chorus 2]
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Standin' on your mama's porch
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You told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh, and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge]
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Man, we were killin' time
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We were young and restless
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We needed to unwind
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I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[Instrumental x2]
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[Verse 4]
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And now the times are changin'
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Look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string
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I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
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You told me that it'd last forever
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Oh, and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
[Outro]
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Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
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(All the way to the end)