《Life Begins At Forty》歌词

歌曲： Life Begins At Forty

所属专辑：They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk (Saucy Songs 1928 - 1937)

歌手： Sophie Tucker

时长： 03:04

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

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

That life is sweetest[00:00:06]

When you're young[00:00:07]

And kids [00:00:09]

Sixteen to twenty-one[00:00:09]

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

All the fun[00:00:12]

I disagree [00:00:13]

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

And I'm one gal[00:00:15]

Who ought to know[00:00:16]

I started young[00:00:18]

And I'm still going strong[00:00:18]

But I've learned[00:00:20]

As I've gone along[00:00:21]

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

That's when love[00:00:28]

And living start to become[00:00:29]

A gentle art[00:00:31]

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

Finds that's when she's[00:00:34]

In her prime[00:00:36]

And a good man[00:00:37]

When he's forty knows just[00:00:38]

How to take his time[00:00:40]

Conservative or sporty [00:00:42]

It's not until you're forty[00:00:43]

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

And why and the what and when[00:00:46]

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

You want your love[00:00:51]

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[00:00:57]

And I've just begun[00:01:02]

To live all over again[00:01:04]

You see the sweetest things[00:01:06]

In life grow sweeter[00:01:09]

As the years roll on[00:01:11]

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 [00:01:22]

Broken and old pipe[00:01:22]

And the sweetest tasting peach[00:01:25]

Is one that's mature [00:01:28]

Round and ripe[00:01:31]

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

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

But after you reach forty [00:01:39]

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[00:01:47]

You're not hasty you're tasty [00:01:50]

You enjoy things so much more[00:01:54]

For instance [00:01:57]

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

He doesn't understand[00:02:01]

Observe a connoisseur [00:02:03]

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

How he strokes the glass [00:02:07]

Fondles it warms it as he should[00:02:09]

Smaks his lips [00:02:13]

Aahhh slowly sips hah boy [00:02:14]

It tastes good[00:02:18]

Life begins at forty[00:02:20]

Then it isn't hit and run[00:02:24]

And you find much more fun[00:02:26]

You romance a girl of twenty[00:02:28]

And it costs you all your dough[00:02:30]

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

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

And girls of twenty [00:02:37]

All they want are big men[00:02:38]

Big men with strong physiques[00:02:40]

I don't say that it's bad[00:02:43]

But you do get tired[00:02:45]

Of those damn Greeks[00:02:47]

Life begins at forty[00:02:49]

And I'm just living all over again[00:02:52]