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. A measure of people don't understand The pleasure of life in a hillbilly band I got my first guitar when I was fourteen Now I'm crowdin' forty and still wearin' 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. I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried It's an awful awakenin' in a country boy's life To look in the mirror in total surprice At the grey in his hair and the age in his 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...