[ti:It Was a Very Good Year] [ar:Ray Charles/Willie Nelson] [al:Genius Loves Company] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Was a Very Good Year - Ray Charles (雷·查尔斯)/Willie Nelson (威利·纳尔逊) [00:10.00]Written by:Ervin Drake [00:20.01]When I was seventeen [00:24.72]It was a very good year [00:29.55]It was a very good year for small town girls [00:34.42]And soft summer nights [00:37.59]We'd hide from the lights [00:41.40]On the village green [00:45.44]When I was seventeen [01:08.51]When I was twenty one [01:15.24]It was a very good year [01:22.52]It was a very good year for city girls [01:28.93]Who lived up the stair [01:36.08]Oh that perfumed hair [01:44.30]And it came undone [01:50.21]When I was twenty one [02:20.13]When I was thirty five [02:26.99]It was a very good year [02:34.64]It was a very good year for blue blooded girls [02:40.73]Of independent means [02:50.29]We'd ride in limousines [02:57.97]Their chauffeurs would drive [03:05.88]When I was thirty five [03:31.03]But now the days grow short [03:38.07]I'm in the autumn of the years [03:46.30]And now I think of my life as vintage wine [03:52.03]From fine old kegs [03:58.03]From the brim to the dregs [04:04.06]And it poured sweet and clear [04:14.97]It was a very good year