Title: It Was A Very Good Year
Artist: Ervin Drake 1961, Ervin Drake
Genre: Folk
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T:It Was A Very Good Year
T:It Was A Very Good Year
C:Ervin Drake 1961
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w: |||* * 1.When I was|sev- en- teen|
w: |||* * * * 2.|twen- ty- one|
w: |||* * * * 3.|thri ty five|
w: |||* * * * 4.|days are short,|
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w: * it was a|ver- y good year,|* It was a|ver- y good year for|small town girls and|soft sum- mer nights,|
w: * it was a|ver- y good year|* It was a|ver- y good year foe|cit- y girls who|lived up the stair,|
w: * it was a|ver- y good year|* It was a|ver- y good year for|blue- blooded girls of|in- depen- dent means,|
w: * I'm in the|autumn of the year,|* and now I|think of my life as|vin- tage wine from|fine old * kegs,|
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w: * we'd *|hide from the lights|* on the|vil- lage green|* When I was|sev- * en- teen.|
w: * with *|per- fumed * hair|* that *|came un- done|* When I was|twen- * ty- one.|
w: * we'd *|ride in lim- ousines|* their chauf-|feurs would drive.|* When I was|thir- * ty- five|
w: * From the|brim to the dregs,|* it poured|sweet and clear,|* It was a||
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w: |||* * 2.When I was|
w: |||* * 3.When I was|
w: |||* * 4.But now the|
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