It Was A Very Good Year
"It Was A Very Good Year" is a cover of the Ervin Drake song made famous by Frank Sinatra. It was recorded for the 1993 compilation Chairman of the Board (Interpretations Of Songs Made Famous By Frank Sinatra).
Flaming Lips Version
One, two, three
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 all the perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
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 fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
One, two, three
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
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stairs
With all the perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From the fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
