It Was a Very Good Year

"It Was a Very Good Year" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1965 album September of My Years.

Liver versions of this song performed by Sinatra can be found on Sinatra at the Sands and Live at the Meadowlands.

Releases

 * Live performances
 * Live at the Meadowlands (2009)

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 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 mess of good years