I've held it all inward Lord knows I've tried It's an awful awakenin' In a country boy's life When you look in the mirror In total surprise At the hair on your shoulders And the age in your eyes. [Chorus] 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]