It Was A Very Good Year

from Blues Say Goodbye by Dean and Ewbank

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it was a very good year

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 perfumed 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 chauffeurs would drive
when i was thirty-five

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
and it poured sweet and clear
it was a very good year

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from Blues Say Goodbye, released December 29, 2020
m. ewbank - piano, c. agnew - drums, t. dean - bass, vocal

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T. Wesley Dean Atlanta, Georgia

I am a singer and songwriter currenly based in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Artists that have recorded my tunes include Joe Walsh, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, Tinsley Ellis, Heaven Davis, Alex Lattimore, Chick Willis and Kristie Agee.

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