Frank Sinatra It was a Very Good Year Lyrics:
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.
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And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs.
From the brim to the dregs, it poured sweet and clear.
It was a very good year.


[IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR]
[Written by: Ervin Drake
Performed by: Frank Sinatra [1] -1961
Appears on: Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits! (1961-1968)-1987 & 2004 [2] ,
The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1960-1979)-1995 & 1998, et al.]

[1] Originally recorded by The Kingston Trio in 1961. It was this recording
that influenced Frank Sinatra to want want to record his version which became
the most popular verstion. Subsequent covers include, Lonny Donnigan, The
Turtles, Wes Montgomery, Gábor Szabó, William Shatner (spoken), Lou Rawls,
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Chad & Jeremy, Ray Charles, The Ray Conniff
Singers, Lee Hazlewood, Jime Bunny & the Mastermixers, Eartha Kitt, Herbie
Mann, Rod McKuen, Don McLean, Wes Montgomery, Della Reese, Keely Smith, et al.

[2] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: It was a Very Good Year, Frank Sinatra [end]