《Life Begins At Forty》歌词

歌曲： Life Begins At Forty

所属专辑：Red Hot Mama

歌手： Sophie Tucker

时长： 03:04

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Life Begins At Forty - Sophie Tucker[00:00:00]

Written by：Yellen/Shapiro[00:00:01]

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

That life is sweetest[00:00:06]

When you're young[00:00:08]

And kids[00:00:09]

Sixteen to twenty one[00:00:10]

Think they're having[00:00:11]

All the fun[00:00:12]

I disagree[00:00:14]

I say it isn't so[00:00:15]

And I'm one gal[00:00:16]

Who ought to know[00:00:17]

I started young[00:00:18]

And I'm still going strong[00:00:19]

But I've learned[00:00:21]

As I've gone along[00:00:22]

That life begins at forty[00:00:25]

That's when love[00:00:29]

And living start to become[00:00:30]

A gentle art[00:00:32]

A woman who's been careful[00:00:34]

Finds that's when she's[00:00:35]

In her prime[00:00:37]

And a good man[00:00:38]

When he's forty knows just[00:00:39]

How to take his time[00:00:41]

Conservative or sporty[00:00:42]

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

That you learn the how[00:00:46]

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

In the twenties and the thirties[00:00:50]

You want your love[00:00:52]

In large amounts[00:00:52]

But after you reach forty[00:00:54]

It's the quality that counts[00:00:56]

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

And I've just begun[00:01:03]

To live all over again[00:01:05]

You see the sweetest things[00:01:07]

In life grow sweeter[00:01:10]

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

Like the music from a violin[00:01:15]

That has been well played upon[00:01:18]

And the sweetest smoke[00:01:21]

Is from a mellow[00:01:23]

Broken and old pipe[00:01:24]

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

Is one that's mature[00:01:29]

Round and ripe[00:01:32]

In the twenties and the thirties[00:01:35]

You're just an amateur[00:01:38]

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

That's when you become a connoisseur[00:01:43]

Then it isn't grab and get it[00:01:46]

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

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

You enjoy things so much more[00:01:56]

For instance[00:01:59]

A novice gulps his brandy down[00:02:00]

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

Observe a connoisseur[00:02:05]

The way he holds it in his hand[00:02:06]

How he strokes the glass[00:02:09]

Fondles it warms it as he should[00:02:11]

Smaks his lips[00:02:14]

Aahhh slowly sips boy[00:02:16]

It tastes good[00:02:19]

Life begins at forty[00:02:22]

Then it isn't hit and run[00:02:26]

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

You romance a girl of twenty[00:02:30]

And it costs you all your dough[00:02:32]

But when a forty thanks you[00:02:34]

She hates to see you go[00:02:36]

And girls of twenty[00:02:38]

All they want are big men[00:02:40]

Big men with strong physiques[00:02:42]

I don't say that it's bad[00:02:45]

But you do get tired[00:02:47]

Of those damn Greeks[00:02:48]

Life begins at forty[00:02:51]

And I'm just living all over again[00:02:54]