Oh,she's tender but she's tough
And still willing to love
If there is a man,man enough to be her man

Fighting back the tears and the wolves
But she keeps smiling just as hard as she can


She's twenty-nine and holding the world on her shoulder
They're all counting on mama
And she ain't about to let them down

(Oh)there's no time to worry about turning thirty
When your twenty-nine and holding
The world on your shoulders


Yes the one who she once loved
Just didn't have the guts

To be a lover or father or much of a man
Yeah,he just had to have his space
So she put him in his place

Out in the road with his suitcase in hand

She's twenty-nine and holding the world on her shoulder

They're all counting on mama
And she ain't about to let them down
(Oh)there's no time to worry about turning thirty

When your twenty-nine and holding
The world on your shoulders


Well,it's the kids and it's the job
It's like the kitchen and it's a mop
Hey,it's the life of a woman that's on her own

And Lord,I just gotta say
That we all ought to be ashamed
If our biggest trouble is just turning old and gray


She's twenty-nine and holding the world on her shoulder
They're all counting on mama

And she ain't about to let them down
(Oh)there's no time to worry about turning thirty
When your twenty-nine and holding

The world on your shoulders

She's twenty-nine and holding the world on her shoulders