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 surprise

At the hair on your shoulders
And the age in your eyes.


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Amanda light of my life
Fate should have made you a gentle man's wife

Amanda light of my life
Fate should have made you a gentle man's wife.


Well the measure of people
Don't understand
The pleasures of life

In a hillbilly band
I got my first guitar
When I was fourteen

Now I'm crowding thirty
And still wearin' jeans.


[Chorus]