Eartha Kitt - Life Made Me Beautiful At Forty Lyrics
I've been through clouds and stormy skiesOn different worlds, all filled with livesI've traveled through the steams of loversAnd wiped my tears upon their coversI've lived a life of rogue and queenAnd died my hair to fit the sceneI've had my ups, I've had my downsAnd sipped champagne with worldly crownsI've been as honest as I couldAnd ashamed, the shame that knows I shouldI've been loved and I've been lied toAnd found a few shoulders I could cry toAnd all those years I thought life naughty, ah-hahShould make me beautiful at fortyFor life's not been so bad to takeFor now I've cut life's golden cakeInto a million tiny squaresAnd with each piece recall the yearsThe taste of life has not been so badBetween the tears and joys I've hadBut with some good and a little singingShe always allowed me to get a grinAnd all those years I've spent on my youthThinking knowledge brought the truthI know life has her games to playAnd puzzles it, crackling playSo, graves are dug and wars are lostBut life goes on at any costI do think life has made me wiserSo there is no reason to disguise herEven tried to rearrange herShe has been fair, I would not change her, hah-humShe presents me life so simplyIn a cup that's almost emptyWith a little wine to tease meBut not enough to really please meAnd if I drink, and let her take meShe is wise enough to wake meBut only after dreams and visionsAllowing me to see these decisions, ah-hahAll those years I thought life naughtyShe made me beautiful at forty
