Frank Sinatra (81,25 %)
September of My Years (80,22 %)
In collection
Released: 1965-10
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
3
Year (1965):
3
Decade (1960's):
21
Overall:
300
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1.
The September of My Years
 03:18
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2.
How Old Am I?
 03:38
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3.
Don't Wait Too Long
 03:09
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4.
It Gets Lonely Early
03:01
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5.
This Is All I Ask
03:06
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6.
Last Night When We Were Young
03:38
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7.
The Man in the Looking Glass
03:29
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8.
It Was a Very Good Year
04:30
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9.
When the Wind Was Green
03:25
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10.
Hello, Young Lovers
03:46
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11.
I See It Now
02:53
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12.
Once Upon a Time
03:31
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13.
September Song
 03:32
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Album length:
44:56
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Lyrics |
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1.
The September of My Years
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One day you turn around, and it's summer Next day you turn around, and it's fall And all the winters and the springs of a lifetime Whatever happened to them all As a man, who as always had the wandering ways I keep looking back to yesterdays 'Til a long forgotten love appears And I find, I'm sighing softly as I near September, the warm September of my years As I man, who has never pauses at wishing wells Now I'm watching children's carousels And their laughter's music to my ears And I find, that I'm smiling gently as I near September, the warm September of my years - The golden warm September of my years |
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2.
How Old Am I?
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How old am I? I'm old enough to know The difference between infatuation And a love that has a chance to grow How old am I? I'm not too old to hear The sweet ring of truth and understanding When the words "I love you" reach my ear Don't mind these lines beneath my eyes, they're well-earned souvenirs Of a thousand nights of laughter and occasional tears And I hope you won't be jealous of the silver in my hair It took many lover's quarrels to put it there How old am I? you kiss me and I'm young Love's a road never traveled, life's a song I've never sung If I make you happy today, I'm the perfect age As for tomorrow turn the page |
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3.
Don't Wait Too Long
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You are the summer and I am the autumn Don't wait too long Your song's beginning While mine's nearly sung Don't wait too long Fall is a lovely time of the year When leaves turn to gold and brown But soon fall is ending Winter is near and the leaves Start tumblin' down Why must the moments go by in such haste Don't wait too long Winter is coming I've no time to waste Don't wait too long |
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4.
It Gets Lonely Early
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When you're all alone All the children grown And, like starlings, flown away It gets lonely early, doesn't it? Lonely early, doesn't it? Ev'ry single endless day When your twilight nears And one face appears Turning winter years to May It gets lonely early, doesn't it? Lonely early, doesn't it? Still the old heart's young enough to say "It was really more than lovely, wasn't it? Truly lovely, wasn't it?" Ev'ry single lovely day |
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5.
This Is All I Ask
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As I approach the prime of my life I find I have the time of my life Learning to enjoy at my leasure All the simple pleasure And so I happily concede This is all I ask This is all I need Beautiful girl, walk a little slower when you walk by me Lingering sunset, stay a little longer with the lonely sea Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me Take me to that strange enchanted land Grownups seldom understand Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own Stars in the sky, make my wish come true Before the night has flown And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing Then I will stay younger than spring |
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6.
Last Night When We Were Young
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Last night when we were young Love was a star A song unsung Life was so new So real so right Ages ago last night Today the world is old You flew away and time grew cold Where is that star That seemed so bright Ages ago last night To think that spring had depended On merely this: a look, a kiss To think that something so splendid Could slip away in one little daybreak So now let's reminisce And recollect the sighs and the kisses The arms that clung When we were young last night |
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7.
The Man in the Looking Glass
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I've seen that face before That face that I see in the mirror I know that face I've seen that face before I knew that dopey guy When he didn't know how to tie his tie He stood right there and he had hair galore The man in the looking glass Who can he be The man in the looking glass Can he possibly be me Where's our young romeo The lad who used to sigh Who's the middle age lothario With the twinkle in his eye He seem so much wiser now Less lonely but then Could be he's only pretending again Man in the looking glass smiling away How's your sacroiliac today Where's your first love affair That trajedy d'amour The true love you thought would be The end of you for sure The man in the looking glass Have no regrets The man who's wise never forgets That life is worth living if once in a while You can look in that looking glass and smile |
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8.
It Was a Very Good Year
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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 It was a mess of good years |
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9.
When the Wind Was Green
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When the wind was green At the start of the spring When the wind was green Like a living thing It was on my lips And it's kiss was fair You were there When the wind was red Like a summer wine When the wind was red Like your lips on mine It caressed my fate And it tossed my hair You were there Then came the fall and all of love Came tumbling, stumbling down Like leaves that lost to frost and found They were flying-crying In a brown wind dying But the winter's come and we both should know That the wind is white like the swirling snow And we'll never see all the wonderful things to be seen When the wind is green |
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Hello, Young Lovers
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Hello young lovers who ever you are I hope your troubles are few All my good wishes go with you tonight I've been in love like you Be brave young lovers and follow your star Be brave and faithful and true Cling very close to each other tonight I've been in love like you I know how it feels to have wings on your heels And fly down the street in a trance You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet And you meet not really by chance Don't cry young lovers what ever you do Don't cry because I'm alone All of my memories are happy tonight I've had a love of my own I've had a love of my own like yours I've had a love of my own |
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11.
I See It Now
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That year in Oakland High When I was seventeen The grass from there to San Jose Was high and cool and green I see it now Too brash and young was I To know what time could mean The old Acacia lawn cut down Was felt but never seen I see it now That world I knew is lost to me Loves have come and gone The years go racing by I live as best I can And all at once I know it means the making of a man I see it now I see it now I see it now |
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12.
Once Upon a Time
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Once upon a time A girl with moonlight in her eyes Put her hand in mine And said she loved me so But that was once upon a time Very long ago Once upon a hill We sat beneath a willow tree Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn But that was once upon a time Now the tree is gone How the breeze ruffled through her hair How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there We were young and didn't have a care Where did it go Once upon a time The world was sweeter than we knew Everything was ours How happy we were then But somehow once upon a time Never comes again Once upon a time Never comes again |
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13.
September Song
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Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn't got time for the waiting game Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And these few precious days I'll spend with you These precious days I'll spend with you |