Expert: Mel Priddle - 10/18/2007

Question
unfortunately i don't know much of the lyrics and the lyrics i do know might be mixed up as well.  but it goes something like-"he turned forty going on twenty" sorry i know its not much but if you have any ideas that would be great.  its a older country song.  im guessing from the 70's or 80's.

Answer
Hello Ismael,

It sounds as if you're looking for the Jerry Lee Lewis song from 1977 called "MIDDLE AGE CRAZY". It was written by Sonny Throckmorton, and there were other recordings of it by T. Graham Brown, Tom Jones, and Billy Joe Royal.


Today he traded his big ninety-eight Oldsmobile
He got a heck of a deal on a new Porsche car
He ain't wearin' his usual grey business suits
He's got jeans and high boots with an embroidered star

And today he's forty years old, going on twenty
Don't look for the grey in his hair, 'cause he ain't got any
He's got a young thing beside him that just melts in his hands
He's middle age crazy, trying to prove he still can

He's got a woman he's loved for a long, long time at home
Ah, but the thrill is all gone when they cut down the lights
They've got a business that they've been a while coming by
Been a long uphill climb, but now the profits are high

But today he's forty years old, going on twenty
And he hears of sordid affairs, and he ain't had any
And the young thing beside him, you know, she understands
That he's middle age crazy, trying to prove he still can


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.