Forty And Fading Song Lyrics and Chords by Ray Price
Forty And Fading
Recorded by Ray Price
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Written by Buck A. Moore, Jim Mundy, Donald G. Tucker and
Karen R. Tucker
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He looked in the mirror while he was shaving this
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morning
The lines in his face and the age in his eyes gave a
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warning
As he stands face to face with the man that everyone
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sees
He whispers it's hell to be
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forty and fading
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Feeling like you're
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When the young ladies look they still get that gleam in their
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He's got money to burn but there's one thing he don't have to
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buy
Last night he learned you're as you let yourself
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be
He may look like he's forty and
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fading
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She made him feel
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They
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say it's hell to be forty and fading
From now on it's all down
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hill
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But he don't believe it cause life's what's you live it
And he's just beginning to
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live
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As long as there's ladies who need a good loving
That's where he's gonna
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be
He may look like he's forty and
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fading
But
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inside he's still
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He thinks it's a shame that God wasted years on the
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young
Because your life's half over before you learn how it's
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done
Now he's living the life that young man's eyes never
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see
He may look like forty and
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fading
But
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inside he's still
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He may look like forty and
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fading
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inside he's still
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Forty And Fading?
- The song Forty And Fading was sang by Ray Price.
Who is Ray Price?
- Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 - December 16, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone is regarded as among the best male voices of country music, and his innovations, such as propelling the country beat from 2/4 to 4/4, known as the "Ray Price beat", helped make country music more popular. Some of his well-known recordings include "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He continued to record and tour into his 80s.