sophie tucker《Life Begins At Forty》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:04.07]I've often heard it said and sung [00:06.47]That life is sweetest [00:07.29]When you're young [00:09.00]And kids [00:09.44]Sixteen to twenty-one [00:11.24]Think they're having [00:12.03]All the fun [00:13.56]I disagree [00:14.45]I say it isn't so [00:15.94]And I'm one gal [00:16.70]Who ought to know [00:18.04]I started young [00:18.52]And I'm still going strong [00:20.76]But I've learned [00:21.85]As I've gone along [00:24.44]That life begins at forty [00:28.75]That's when love [00:29.32]And living start to become [00:31.44]A gentle art [00:33.42]A woman who's been careful [00:34.60]Finds that's when she's [00:36.32]In her prime [00:37.94]And a good man [00:38.51]When he's forty knows just [00:40.18]How to take his time [00:42.17]Conservative or sporty [00:43.95]It's not until you're forty [00:45.77]That you learn the how [00:46.83]And why and the what and when [00:49.40]In the twenties and the thirties [00:51.13]You want your love [00:51.69]In large amounts [00:53.47]But after you reach forty [00:55.56]It's the quality that counts [00:57.89]Yes  life begins at forty [01:02.96]And I've just begun [01:04.26]To live all over again [01:06.96]You see the sweetest things [01:09.68]In life grow sweeter [01:11.87]As the years roll on [01:14.54]Like the music from a violin [01:17.63]That has been well played upon [01:20.74]And the sweetest smoke [01:22.26]Is from a mellow [01:22.96]Broken and old pipe [01:25.93]And the sweetest tasting peach [01:28.28]Is one that's mature [01:31.29]Round and ripe [01:34.76]In the twenties and the thirties [01:37.23]You're just an amateur [01:39.83]But after you reach forty [01:42.63]That's when you become a connoisseur [01:45.71]Then it isn't grab and get it [01:47.64]And a straight line for the door [01:50.62]You're not hasty  you're tasty [01:54.78]You enjoy things so much more [01:57.84]For instance [01:59.13]A novice gulps his brandy down [02:01.65]He doesn't understand [02:03.85]Observe a connoisseur [02:05.66]The way he holds it in his hand [02:07.99]How he strokes the glass [02:09.80]Fondles it  warms it as he should [02:13.33]Smaks his lips [02:14.68]Aahhh  slowly sips  hah  boy [02:18.42]It tastes good [02:20.72]Life begins at forty [02:24.93]Then it isn't hit and run [02:26.44]And you find much more fun [02:28.97]You romance a girl of twenty [02:30.87]And it costs you all your dough [02:33.16]But when a forty thanks you [02:35.13]She hates to see you go [02:37.20]And girls of twenty [02:38.75]All they want are big men [02:40.68]Big men with strong physiques [02:43.55]I don't say that it's bad [02:45.55]But you do get tired [02:47.12]Of those damn Greeks [02:49.48]Life begins at forty [02:52.78]And I'm just living all over again