It Was A Very Good Year Lyrics by Frank Sinatra
Album : Live at the Meadowlands
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When I was seventeen it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights on the village green
When I was seventeen



When I was twenty-one it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair and it came undone
When I was twenty-one



When I was thirty-five it was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls of independent means
We'd ride in limousines their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five



But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year



It was a mess of good years
When I was seventeen it was a very good year   It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights   We'd hide from the lights on the village green   When I was seventeen            When I was twenty-one it was a very good year   It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair   With all that perfumed hair and it came undone   When I was twenty-one            When I was thirty-five it was a very good year   It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls of independent means   We'd ride in limousines their chauffeurs would drive   When I was thirty-five            But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year   And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs   From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear   It was a very good year            It was a mess of good years