It Was a Very Good Year

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
Wed 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
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days grow 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
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

It was a mess of good years

Trivia about the song It Was a Very Good Year by Della Reese

When was the song “It Was a Very Good Year” released by Della Reese?
The song It Was a Very Good Year was released in 1966, on the album “It Was A Very Good Year / Solitary Woman”.
Who composed the song “It Was a Very Good Year” by Della Reese?
The song “It Was a Very Good Year” by Della Reese was composed by Ervin Drake.

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