Thirty-Nine And Holding

(álbum: Killer Country - 1980)

He's out there somewhere every night
The music's playing loud
He's doing all-a those fifty's steps
He's in a 1980 crowd

Dim lights hide the milage line
Clairol hides the gray
And he won't mention anything
To give his old age away

Oh Lord, he's thirty-nine an he's holding
He's holding everything that he can
From seventeen to twenty-five
He'll prove he's still a man

Hey boy, you're holding to a candle
And it's a-burning at both ends
Thirty-nine and holding
A-holding everything that I can

Well, now you can bet he'll never see
Thirty-nine, again
Son, you oughta given up a long time ago
But you just keep on hanging in

He still thinks that he's the man
That he once used to be
Boy, you're just thirty-nine
And you're dreaming
Acting twenty-three

Oh-oh, he's thirty-nine, he's holding
Holding everything that he can
From seventeen to twenty-five
He'll prove he's still a man

He's a-holding to a candle
My God, it's burning at both ends!
He's thirty-nine and he's holding
Holding everything he can