I've held it all inward

Lord knows I've tried

It's enough for the wakenin'

In a country boy's life

You look in the mirror

In total suprise

At the hair on my shoulders

And the ache in my eyes



Amanda, light of my life

Fate should have made you

A gentleman's wife

Ama-a-anda, light of my life

Fate should have made you

A gentleman's wife



It's a measure of people

Who don't understand

The pleasures of life

In a hillbilly van

I got my first guitar

When I was fourteen

Now I'm over thirty

And still wearin' jeans



Amanda, light of my life

Fate should have made you

A gentleman's wife

Ama-a-anda, light of my life

Fate should have made you

A gentleman's wife



Ama-a-anda, light of my life

Fate should have made you

A gentleman's wife

Amanda

(Light of my li-ife...)