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It Was a Very Good Year Lyrics by William Shatner

The Transformed Man

1968

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

About “It Was a Very Good Year” by William Shatner

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"It Was a Very Good Year" is credited to William Shatner. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"It Was a Very Good Year" appears on "The Transformed Man" in 1968.

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