He's out there
somewhere
every night
The music's
playing loud
Doing all those
fifty's steps
In a 1980 crowd
Dim lights hide
his milage lines
Clairol hides the gray
And he won't
mention anything
To give his
age away
Woah he's thirty-nine
an he's holding
He's holding
everything he can
From seventeen
to twenty-five
To prove he's
still a man
He's holding
to a candle
It's a-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 shoulda turned
loose long ago
But still he's hangin in
He still thinks
that he's the man
That he used to be
He's thirty-nine
and holding
And acting
twenty-three
Oh he's thirty-nine
and holding
Holding everything
that he can
From seventeen
to twenty-five
He'll 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