Konkani Lyrics

✦ Intro

I got my first real six-string | Bought it at the five and dime

Hadlam-poi secondhand guitar | Faarik korun dhedd Hozar

Played it 'til my fingers bled

Vazoyi bottam dukhom-porian

Was the summer of '69

borich umed asli burgeaponnar

✦ Verse 1

Me and some guys from school
Hanv anink mhojim thoddim friend

Hada band and we tried real hard
Ashil'lem amchem khoddegant band

Jimmy quit and Jody got married
Jimmyn soddlem, tem Judy Lagin zalem

I should've known we'd never get far

Oxem ghoddoth mhunnon chintunk naslem

✦ Chorus 1

Oh, when I look back now | That summer seemed to last forever

Aadleo yaadi kaaddith tor | Maago vell to osoch uronk

And if I had the choice | Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Mhojean za-ith aslem zor | Toyar aslom burgoch ravonk

Those were the best days of my life

Kai borre te dis azun chintunk

✦ Verse 2

Ain't no use in complainin'

Kam korunk, zankon-tor upyog nam

When you got a job to do

Daanddi-marunk-koxich mellonam

I spent my evenings down at the drive-in

Oshoch ek dis hanv passoi martanam,

And that's when I met you, yeah

tum disoth mhunnon chintunk nam, yeah

✦ Chorus 2

Standin' on your mama's porch

Tednam mhaka sangtalem

You told me that you'd wait forever

Oxinch ami sodanch ravonk

Oh, and when you held my hand

jednam hath tu dhortalem

I knew that it was now or never

Current koxe laago futtonk

Those were the best days of my life | Oh, yeah

Kai borre te dis aa-zun chintunk |Oh yeah

Back in the summer of '69, oh

burgeponnache te dis aadle, oh

✦ Bridge

Man, we were killin' time | We were young and restless
Bhair votant raamp kaddit | ami khellonk vocho

We needed to unwind
Ek zagear dhoro-nasle,

I guess nothing can last forever, Forever, no Yeah

Asam kitem jem sodankal urtolem? Urtolem? Nam nam nam…Yeah!

(nada pode durar para sempre meu amigo, so Deus!)

✦ Verse 3

And now the times are changin'
Voi Atam kall bodol’la

Look at everything that's come and gone
Baarik po-it soglem zalam mudar

Sometimes when I play that old six-string
Kednai osoch guitar vazoitana

I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Chintam tum kiteak zalem ragar....

✦ [Chorus 2]

✦ Outro

It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah

mellchenam poroth dis aadle, oh yeah

Me and my baby in a '69, oh, oh
mellchenam poroth dis aadle,

It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 (Yeah)

Oh nam re nam re, mellchenam poroth dis aadle

(Oh nam go nam go, mellchenam poroth dis aadle…

oh oh yeah…. | burgeponnache te dis aadle!)