Ray Price - Forty And Fading lyrics

He looked in the mirror while he was shaving this morning The lines in his face and the age in his eyes gave a warning As he stands face to face with the man that everyone sees He whispers it's hell to be forty and fading Feeling like you're 23 When the young ladies look they still get that gleam in their eye He's got money to burn but there's one thing he don't have to buy Last night he learned you're as you let yourself be He may look like he's forty and fading She made him feel 23 They say it's hell to be forty and fading From now on it's all downhill But he don't believe it cause life's what's you live it And he's just beginning to live As long as there's ladies who need a good loving That's where he's gonna be He may look like he's forty and fading But inside he's still 23 He thinks it's a shame that God wasted years on the young Because your life's half over before you learn how it's done Now he's living the life that young man's eyes never see He may look like forty and fading But inside he's still 23 He may look like forty and fading But inside he's still 23