Forty And Fading - Ray Price

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