The document is the lyrics to the song "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams. It describes getting a first guitar and playing in a band with friends from school. It talks about how that summer seemed to last forever and how the singer would want to go back to those days, describing them as the best days of his life. It reflects on the past and changes that have occurred since that summer back in 1969.

1. 1. Listen to the song and put the verbs in brackets into the simple past. Then, check your answers and
be ready to sing.
I ___________ (get) my first real six-string
___________ (Buy) it at the five-and-dime
___________ (Play) it 'til my fingers bled
It ___________ (be) the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
___________ (Have) a band and we ___________ (try) real hard
Jimmy ___________ (quit) and Jody ___________ (get) married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer ___________ (seem) to last forever
And if I ___________ (have) the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those ___________ (be) the best days of my life
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you ___________ (get) a job to do
___________ (Spend)my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I ___________ (be)met you yeah
Standin' on your mama's porch
You ___________ (tell)me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you ___________ (hold)my hand
I ___________ (know)that it ___________ (be)now or never
Those ___________ (be) the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69
Man we ___________ (be)killin' time
We ___________ (be)young and restless
We ___________ (need)to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no
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 ___________ (go) wrong
Standin' on your mama's porch
You ___________ (tell) me it would last forever
Oh and when you ___________ (hold) my hand
I knew that it ___________ (be) now or never
Those ___________ (be) the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69

2. 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 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
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 it would last 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
SUMMER OF THE '69,
BY BRIAN ADAMS