[Verse 1] He’s out there somewhere every night The music’s playin’ 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 [Chorus] Oh Lord he’s thirty-nine an he’s holdin’ He’s holdin’ 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-holdin’ everything that I can [Instrumental] [Piano] [Strings] [Verse 2] Well now you can bet he’ll never see Thirty-nine again Should have turned loose long ago But still hes a hangin’ it in He still thinks that he’s the man That he once used to be Hes thirty-nine and holding And Acting twenty-three [Chorus] Oh Lord he’s thirty-nine an he’s holdin’ He’s holdin’ 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-holdin’ everything that I can