Tone in Song analysis

In the song “It Was a Very Good Year” by Frank Sinatra, he uses a shift in tone, chronological characterization, and reminiscent imagery, to show how even though he is older now he still has a good time “It was a mess of good years.”
Throughout the song he uses imagery to show how the people he interacted with and the scenery changed through different times in his life. He starts the song by mentioning how he and the “small town girls” would mess around on the village green during the night. He says this with a very fond tone in his voice as if he wishes he could go back and do it again. In the next stanza he talks about the “city girls with all that perfumed hair“ Which sound like he is thinking back and realizing how funny they actually look by today’s standards. In the third stanza he talks about “blue-blooded girls” this portion of the song has an over more mature feel to it the previous two stanzas. He talks about limousines, chauffeurs, and how independent they were, which gives me a classy, high-roller, feel.
In the song there is also a strong use of chronological characterization, that progresses with the song.Throughout the song he categorizes different girls and they stand for different periods of his life. In the first stanza he says he is seventeen and in a small town, which is probably the one he grew up in and he just hasn’t left home yet. In the second stanza he talks about city girls, he is young and probably just moved and this is his first time really away from home. In the third stanza he talks about “blue-blooded girls” this is after he moved out of the city and he some life experience, and realized what kind of girls he is after.
The most prominent language usage in the song is a change in tone. During the intermissions between the stanzas the music changes and there is a different prominent instrument during the vocal of the song. This gives you a different feeling for each part, much like the narrator had while experiencing them. In between the third and final stanza the music changes removing the ominous tone from the song. In the last part he is talking about he has lived a long time and had a lot of fun throughout his life and is now ready for it to end.
Frank Sinatra, or whomever wrote the song, uses different forms of language to evoke emotion in the listener. The whole song has a gloomy tone until the end, where it changes to a more sanguineous tone a he plans the final years of his life. Even though most people fear death he know he has had a good life and will openly embrace it when it come for him.