"I See It Now" — reflection from the Reprise era.
Writer(s): wilder/engvick
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
Знаете ли вы, что...
- From the Reprise period. The retrospective clarity — understanding now what was not understood then. Sinatra's later recordings possessing an authority that came from actually having lived through the things the songs described.