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.
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 perfumed hair
That 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 the old kegs,
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear;
It was a very good year.

Trivia about the song It Was a Very Good Year by The Kingston Trio

On which albums was the song “It Was a Very Good Year” released by The Kingston Trio?
The Kingston Trio released the song on the albums “Goin' Places” in 1961, “Made in the USA” in 1991, “The Capitol Years” in 1995, and “Nine Classic Albums” in 2013.
Who composed the song “It Was a Very Good Year” by The Kingston Trio?
The song “It Was a Very Good Year” by The Kingston Trio was composed by Ervin Drake.

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