It Was A Very Good Year by Frank Sinatra

It Was A Very Good Year (1961) by Frank Sinatra (1965)
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[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 all that 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 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

“Originally written by Ervin Drake for the Kingston Trio’s 1961 album “Goin’ Places”, “It Was a Very Good Year” was included by Sinatra on his 1965 album “September of My Years”, becoming a massive hit and gaining him a Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance.”