REQ: Frank Sinatra's "It Was A Very Good Year"

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Apr 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/21/97

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does anyone have the complete lyrics to this? it starts with: "When I was
seventeen, it was a very good year...."

Walt

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Apr 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/21/97

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Hi,

"Your name wrote:
>
> does anyone have the complete lyrics to this? it starts with: "When I was
> seventeen, it was a very good year...."

It Was A Very Good Year" and other Sinatra songs can be found at:
http://www.vex.net/~buff/sinatra/cgi/arch.cgi
Walt

Opus & Bill

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Apr 21, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/21/97

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Your name wrote:
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> does anyone have the complete lyrics to this? it starts with: "When I was
> seventeen, it was a very good year...."

Here you go:

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 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
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 my years
And now I think of my life like a vintage wine from fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs, it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

Wayne Garvin

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97

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On 21 Apr 1997 07:18:52 GMT Yo...@email.address (Your name) wrote:
>does anyone have the complete lyrics to this? it starts with: "When I was
>seventeen, it was a very good year...."

You'll find the lyrics to this song at the Frank Sinatra lyrics archive at:

http://www.vex.net/~buff/sinatra/cgi/arch.cgi

Meanwhile, here's how Chad & Jeremy sang it in 1966 (pretty much the same as
Sinatra's version).

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
- written by Ervin Drake
- lyrics as recorded by Chad & Jeremy and included on the
album "Loaded With Hits" (PolyTel Elite 845 424-2)

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 stairs
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 my years

And 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

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Bill Kinkaid

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97

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Can't remember most of the lyrics, but Homer Simpson did a great version of
it when he had to quit drinking for a month

When i was seventeen
I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer
I bought at the store with fake ID
My name was "Frank McGee"
I stayed up listening to Queen
When i was seventeen

Bill in Vancouver
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from e-mail address to respond)