AMANDA (intro) (midi) (sample)

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1. I've held it all in me, God 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 my shoulders and the age in my 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.

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2. It's a measure of people who don't understand,

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the pleasures of life in a Hillbilly band.

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I got my first guitar when I was fourteen,

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well, I've finally made forty, still wearing jeans.

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(Waylon Jennings)