I've

held

it

all

in-

ward,

God

knows,

I've

tried

But

it's

an

aw-

ful

a-

wake-

ning

in

a

coun-

try

boy's

life

To

look

in

the

mir-

ror

in

to-

tal

surp-

rise

At

the

hair

on

my

shoul-

ders

and the

age

in

my

eyes

A-

man-

da,

light

of

my

life

Fate

should

have

made

you

a

gen-

tle-

man's

wife

A-

man-

da,

light

of

my

life

Fate

should

have

made

you

a

gen-

tle-

man's

wife

It's

a

mea-

sure

of

peop-

le

who

don't

un-

ders-

tand

The

plea-

sures

of

life

in

a

hill-

bil-

ly

band

I

got

my

first

gui-

tar

when

I

was

four-

teen

Now

I'm

o-

ver

thir-

ty,

still

wea-

ring

jeans

A-

man-

da,

light

of

my

life

Fate

should

have

made

you

a

gen-

tle-

man's

wife

A-

man-

da,

light

of

my

life

Fate

should

have

made

you

a

gen-

tle-

man's

wife