Thirty Nine And Holding Lyrics

Thirty-Nine And Holding (Track#2)
Jerry Lee Lewis
(J. Foster, B. Rice)
Album: Live Wembley Arena
London November 4, 1982
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



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

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 and fiddle solo)

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 hangin' in

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

Oh-oh, he's thirty-nine, he's holdin'
Holdin' 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 holdin'
Holdin' everything he can

(Instrumental and piano solo to end)

Spoken:
He's thirty-nine and he's dreamin'.

<applause>

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Jerry Lee Lewis - The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis

Mar 1991

1. Thirty Nine And Holding
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3. When Worlds Collide
4. Middle Age Crazy
5. Chantilly Lace
6. Would You Take Another Chance On Me
7. You Win Again
8. Save The Last Dance For Me
9. Cold, Cold Heart
10. One Minute Past Eternity