Thirty-Nine & Holding

He's out there somewhere every night

Where the music's playing loud

Doing all the 50's steps, in a 1980 crowd



The dim lights hide his millage lines

The Clairol hides the gray

And he won't mention anything

That gives his age away



Lord, he's thirty-nine and holding

Holding everything he can

From seventeen to twenty-five

He'll 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



You can bet he'll never see

Thirty-nine again

He should have turned loose long ago

But still he's hangin' it in



He still thinks that he is the man

That he used to be

He's thirty-nine and holding

And acting twenty-three



Lord, He's thirty-nine and holding

Holding 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