Lou Rawls - It Was A Very Good Year lyrics

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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, it poured sweet and clear.

It was a very good year.