Thirty-Nine and Holding

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He's out there somewhere every night Where the music's playing loud Doing all the fifties steps In a 1980 crowd The dim lights hide his mileage lines The Clairol hides the gray And he won't mention anything That gives his age away [Chorus] Lord, he's thirty-nine and holdin' Holding everything he can From seventeen to twenty-five To prove he's still a man He's holding to a candle And it's burning at both ends He's thirty-nine and holding Holding everything he can [Verse 2] You can bet he'll never see Thirty-nine, again He should have turned loose long ago But still-a he's a-hangin' it in He still thinks that he's the man That he used to be He's thirty-nine and holding And acting twenty-three [Chorus] Lord, he's thirty-nine and holdin' Holdin' everything he can From seventeen to twenty-five To prove he's still a man He's holding to a candle My God, it's burning at both ends! He's thirty-nine and holding Holding everything he can