Thirty Nine & Holdin'
By Jerry Lee Lewis
rmofle at satx.rr.com
3/12/2006
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He's out there somewhere every night where the music's playing loud
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Doing all the 50's steps in a 1980 crowd
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The dim lights hide his mileage lines, the Clairol hides the gray
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And he won't mention anything that gives his age away
Chorus:
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Oh, he's thirty nine and holding, holding everything he can
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He's holding a candle and it's burning at both ends
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He's thirty nine and holding, holding everything he can
Piano solo
You can bet he'll never see 39 again
He should have turned loose long ago but still, he's a hanging it in
He still thinks that he's the man that he used to be
He's thirty nine and holding and acting 23
Chorus
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