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 crazy 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 chauffeur would drive, when I was thirty-five But when the days are short in the autumn of the year I will think my life as vintage wine From fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs Pouring sweet and clear, it was a very good year