Songwriter: Ervin Drake
Producer: Greg Penny Paul Young
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 crazy 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 chauffeur would drive, when I was thirty-five
But when the days are short in the autumn of the year
I will think my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs
Pouring sweet and clear, 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 crazy 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 chauffeur would drive, when I was thirty-five
But when the days are short in the autumn of the year
I will think my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs, from the brim to the dregs
Pouring sweet and clear, it was a very good year
more tracks from the album
The Essential Paul Young
- Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Oh Girl
- Some People
- Everything Must Change
- I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
- Everytime You Go Away
- Love of the Common People
- Come Back and Stay
- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
- It Was a Very Good Year
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Tomb of Memories
- Senza Una Donna (Without a Woman)
- Heart Full of Rain
- Softly Whispering I Love You
- I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
- Now I Know What Made Otis Blue
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
From the albums
- Paul Young (1997)
- The Essential Paul Young (2003)
Paul Young popular songs
- Everytime You Go Away
- Love of the Common People
- Come Back and Stay
- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
- Oh Girl
- Behind Your Smile (Live)
- One Step Forward
- Hard Cargo
- In the Long Run
- Man in the Iron Mask
- Until You Come Back to Me
- Wonderland
- Softly Whispering I Love You
- I Wish You Love
- What Christmas Means to Me
- Why Does It Always Rain on Me
- Just a Little Misunderstanding
- Bennie and the Jets
- Hot Fun
- Every Time You Go Away (Extended Version)
- Heart Full of Rain
- More Love
- Wedding Day
- Down in Chinatown