I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried It's an awful awakening In a country boy's life To look in the mirror In total surprise At the hair on your shoulders And the age in your eyes Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife Well, I measure people That don't understand The pleasures of life In a hillbilly band I got my first guitar When I was fourteen Now I'm crowding forty And still wearing jeans Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife Amanda, light of my life Fate should have made you A gentleman's wife