《Life Begins at Forty》歌词

歌曲： Life Begins at Forty

所属专辑：Mairzy Doats: 24 Great Comic Songs

歌手： Sophie Tucker

时长： 03:02

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Life Begins at Forty - Sophie Tucker/Max Abrams/Ambrose & His Orchestra[00:00:00]

Written by：Yellen[00:00:02]

I've often heard it said and sung[00:00:04]

That life is sweetest when you're young[00:00:06]

And kids sixteen to twenty one[00:00:09]

Think they're having all the fun[00:00:11]

I disagree I say it isn't so[00:00:14]

And I'm one gal who ought to know[00:00:16]

I started young and I'm still going strong[00:00:18]

But I've learned as I've gone along[00:00:20]

That life begins at forty[00:00:24]

That's when love and living start[00:00:28]

To become a gentle art[00:00:30]

A woman who's been careful finds[00:00:33]

That's when she's in her prime[00:00:36]

And a good man when he's forty[00:00:38]

Knows just how to take his time[00:00:39]

Conservative or sporty[00:00:42]

It's not until you're forty[00:00:44]

That you learn the how and why[00:00:45]

And the what and when[00:00:47]

In the twenties and the thirties[00:00:49]

You want your love in large amounts[00:00:51]

But after you reach forty[00:00:53]

It's the quality that counts[00:00:55]

Yes life begins at forty[00:00:58]

And I've just begun to live all over again[00:01:03]

You see[00:01:07]

The sweetest things in life grow sweeter[00:01:08]

As the years roll on[00:01:12]

Like the music from a violin[00:01:14]

That has been well played upon[00:01:17]

And the sweetest smoke[00:01:20]

Is from a mellow broken and old pipe[00:01:22]

And the sweetest tasting peach[00:01:26]

Is one that's often round and ripe[00:01:28]

In the twenties and the thirties[00:01:34]

You're just an amateur[00:01:37]

But after you reach forty[00:01:40]

That's when you become a connoisseur[00:01:42]

Then it isn't grab and get it[00:01:45]

And a straight line for the door[00:01:48]

You're not hasty[00:01:51]

You're tasty[00:01:53]

You enjoy things so much more[00:01:55]

For instance[00:01:58]

A novice gulps his brandy down[00:01:59]

He doesn't understand[00:02:02]

Observe a connoisseur[00:02:04]

The way he holds it in his hand[00:02:05]

How he strokes the glass[00:02:08]

Fondles it[00:02:10]

Warms it as he should[00:02:11]

Smacks his lips aahhh[00:02:13]

Slowly sips hah[00:02:16]

Boy it tastes good[00:02:18]

Life begins at forty[00:02:21]

Then it isn't hit and run[00:02:25]

And you find much more fun[00:02:27]

You romance a girl of twenty[00:02:29]

And it costs you all your dough[00:02:31]

But when a forty thanks you[00:02:33]

She hates to see you go[00:02:35]

And girls of twenty[00:02:38]

All they want are big men[00:02:39]

Big men with strong physiques[00:02:41]

I don't say that it's bad[00:02:44]

But you do get tired of those d**n Greeks[00:02:46]

Life begins at forty[00:02:50]

And I'm just living[00:02:53]

All over[00:02:56]

Again[00:02:58]