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 and 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 he can 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 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 can1