Lyrics of It was a very good year

Written by ervin drake

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 light 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 stairs
With all that perfume 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