《Life Begins at Forty》歌词

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

[00:00:02] Written by：Yellen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:42] Conservative or sporty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:07] You see

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

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

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

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

[00:01:20] And the sweetest smoke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:53] You're tasty

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

[00:01:58] For instance

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

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

[00:02:04] Observe a connoisseur

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

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

[00:02:10] Fondles it

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

[00:02:13] Smacks his lips aahhh

[00:02:16] Slowly sips hah

[00:02:18] Boy it tastes good

[00:02:21] Life begins at forty

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:38] And girls of twenty

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

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

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

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

[00:02:50] Life begins at forty

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

[00:02:56] All over

[00:02:58] Again