- wed like to welcome you here to the dakota country and western club And in return for miss yoko onos wonderful gift of a very strange... Id like,this morning, to sing you a little ditty that occured to me in the throes of my sleep Its called life begins at 40 They say life begins at forty, Age is just a state of mind. If all thats true, You know, that Ive been dead for thirty-nine. And if life begins at forty, Well, I hope it aint the same Its been tough enough without that stuff I dont wanna to be born again. Well, I tried to sweep the slate clean With a new broom evry day If that dont work, Ill jerk around until my next birtday Yeah, life begins at forty, Age is just a state of mind. Well, if all thats true You know that Ive been dead for thirty-nine.