I've h eld it all inward G od knows I 've tried
But it 's an awful awakening i n a country boy's life
To loo k in the mirror in total su rprise.
At the hair on my shoulders and th e age in m y eyes.
A manda l ight of my l ife.
Fate s hould have made you a g entleman's wife.
A manda l ight of my l ife.
Fate s hould have made you a g entleman's wife.
It's a measure of people w ho don't un derstand
The pl easures of life in a hi llbilly ban d.
I got my first guitar when I was four teen
Well I finally made forty st ill wearing jeans.
A manda l ight of my l ife.
Fate s hould have made you a g entleman's wife.
A manda l ight of my l ife.
Fate s hould have made you a g entleman's wife.