[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 hid 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 rode in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
[Verse 4]
And 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