<1st Verse> 
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I've held it all inward, Lord knows I've tried 
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But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life 
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To look in the mirror in total surprise 
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At the hair on your shoulders and the age in your eyes. 
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Amanda, light of my life 
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Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife 
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Amanda, light of my life 
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Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife  

<2nd Verse> 

It's a measure of people who don't understand 

The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band. 

I got my first guitar when I was fourteen 

Now I'm crowding 30 and still wearing jeans.