《Life Begins At Forty》歌词

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

[00:00:01] Written by：Yellen/Shapiro

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

[00:00:06] That life is sweetest

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

[00:00:09] And kids

[00:00:10] Sixteen to twenty one

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

[00:00:12] All the fun

[00:00:14] I disagree

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

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

[00:00:17] Who ought to know

[00:00:18] I started young

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:00:32] A gentle art

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

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

[00:00:37] In her prime

[00:00:38] And a good man

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

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

[00:00:42] Conservative or sporty

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

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

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

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

[00:00:52] You want your love

[00:00:52] In large amounts

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:10] In life grow sweeter

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

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

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

[00:01:21] And the sweetest smoke

[00:01:23] Is from a mellow

[00:01:24] Broken and old pipe

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

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

[00:01:32] Round and ripe

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

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

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

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

[00:01:46] 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 you're tasty

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

[00:01:59] For instance

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

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

[00:02:05] Observe a connoisseur

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

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

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

[00:02:14] Smaks his lips

[00:02:16] Aahhh slowly sips boy

[00:02:19] It tastes good

[00:02:22] Life begins at forty

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:38] And girls of twenty

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

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

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

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

[00:02:48] Of those damn Greeks

[00:02:51] Life begins at forty

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