sophie tucker《Life Begins At Forty》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:04.33]I've often heard it said and sung [00:06.70]That life is sweetest when you're young [00:09.05]And kids sixteen to twenty one [00:11.57]Think they're having all the fun [00:14.06]I disagree I say it isn't so [00:16.27]And I'm one gal who ought to know [00:18.20]I started young and I'm still going strong [00:20.68]But I've learned as I've gone along [00:24.59]That life begins at forty [00:28.87]That's when love and living start [00:30.99]To become a gentle art [00:33.37]A woman who's been careful finds [00:36.06]That's when she's in her prime [00:38.03]And a good man when he's forty [00:39.78]Knows just how to take his time [00:42.39]Conservative or sporty [00:44.14]It's not until you're forty [00:45.97]That you learn the how and why [00:47.59]And the what and when [00:49.79]In the twenties and the thirties [00:51.35]You want your love in large amounts [00:53.83]But after you reach forty [00:55.95]It's the quality that counts [00:58.25]Yes life begins at forty [01:03.41]And I've just begun to live all over again [01:07.08]You see [01:08.34]The sweetest things in life grow sweeter [01:12.31]As the years roll on [01:14.85]Like the music from a violin [01:17.97]That has been well played upon [01:20.74]And the sweetest smoke [01:22.58]Is from a mellow broken and old pipe [01:26.25]And the sweetest tasting peach [01:28.41]Is one that's often round and ripe [01:34.94]In the twenties and the thirties [01:37.62]You're just an amateur [01:40.27]But after you reach forty [01:42.86]That's when you become a connoisseur [01:45.92]Then it isn't grab and get it [01:48.01]And a straight line for the door [01:51.01]You're not hasty [01:53.03]You're tasty [01:55.30]You enjoy things so much more [01:58.16]For instance [01:59.69]A novice gulps his brandy down [02:02.18]He doesn't understand [02:04.31]Observe a connoisseur [02:05.97]The way he holds it in his hand [02:08.47]How he strokes the glass [02:10.35]Fondles it [02:11.57]Warms it as he should [02:13.83]Smacks his lips aahhh [02:16.13]Slowly sips hah [02:18.59]Boy it tastes good [02:21.36]Life begins at forty [02:25.43]Then it isn't hit and run [02:27.12]And you find much more fun [02:29.74]You romance a girl of twenty [02:31.52]And it costs you all your dough [02:33.93]But when a forty thanks you [02:35.83]She hates to see you go [02:38.00]And girls of twenty [02:39.44]All they want are big men [02:41.49]Big men with strong physiques [02:44.31]I don't say that it's bad [02:46.39]But you do get tired of those d**n Greeks [02:50.34]Life begins at forty [02:53.72]And I'm just living [02:56.20]All over [02:58.02]Again