Well, I was feeling rather cheeky, so I went off to this discotheque
I was rockin' in the corner with a pretty little thing called Beck
She had one hand on my shoulder, the other on me arm
I could see she was succumbin' to me old-fashioned charm
When the bloke who was bigger than a ten-ton digger threw me out
And I told him, life begins at forty
You wonder why you feel so naughty
You may be gettin' on, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
Your body's surely willin', even though your back is killin'
You may be forty, but you can't stop rockin' to the beat
Well, this old Nick Jagger, he was forty on the other day
He was on television tryin' to keep those pretty girls away
Well, I went off to this discotheque

I went backstage and I took them by the arm
I said, look here, Mick, you need a bodyguard
When the bloke who was bigger than a ten-ton digger threw me out
And I told him, life begins at forty
You wonder why you feel so naughty
You may be gettin' on, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
Your body's surely willin', even though your back is killin'
You may be forty, but you can't stop rockin' to the beat
Well, this old Nick Jagger, he was forty on the other day
You may be forty, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
Well, it was gettin' much later, so I thought I'd better go off home
To see me poor old wife, for she was lyin' in her bed alone
Well, I opened up the front door, tip-taped up the steps
Thought they would surprise her with a kiss upon the lips
When the bloke who was bigger than a ten-ton digger threw me out
And she said, life begins at forty
You wonder why you feel so naughty
You may be gettin' on, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
Your body's surely willin', even though your back is killin'
You may be forty, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
I said, life begins at forty
You wonder why you feel so naughty
You may be gettin' on, but you can't stop shakin' your feet
Your body's surely willin', even though your back is killin'
You may be forty, but you can't stop rockin' to the beat
You may be forty, but you can't stop rockin' to the beat
You may be forty, but you can't stop rockin' to the beat





But you can't stop the rockin' to the beat