IT WAS A VERY
Words and Music by Ervin Drake
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Verse 1
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,
Verse 2
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 PERFUMED HAIR,
AND IT CAME UNDONE, WHEN I WAS TWENTY-ONE,
Verse 3
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,
Verse 4
BUT NOW THE DAYS ARE SHORT, I’M IN THE AUTUMN OF MY 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.
GOOD YEAR
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