Thursday, May 19, 2016

ATF: Amandas

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Amanda
Don Williams
I've held it all inward
Lord knows I've tried
It's an awful awakening
In a country boy's life
To look in the mirror
In total surprise
At the hair on your shoulders
And the age in your eyes

Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife
Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife

There's a measure of people
Don't understand
The pleasures of life
In a hillbilly band
I got my first guitar
When I was 14
Now I'm crowding 30
And still wearing jeans

Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife
Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife
Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife
Amanda
Light of my life
Fate should've made you
A gentleman's wife

Link: [Boston]


Amanda
Boston
Babe
Tomorrow's so far away
There's something I just have to say
I don't think I can hide
What I'm feelin' inside
Another day
Knowin' I love you
And I
I'm getting too close again
I don't want to see it end
If I tell you tonight
Would you turn in the light
Walk away
Knowin' I love you

I'm gonna take you by surprise
And make you realize
Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away
I can't wait another day
Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man
And make you understand
Amanda
I love you

And
I feel like today's the day
I'm lookin' for the words to say
Do you wanna be free
Are you ready for me
To feel this way
I don't wanna lose you
So
It may be too soon I know
The feeling takes so long to grow
If I tell you today
Will you turn me away
And let me go
I don't wanna lose you

I'm gonna take you by surprise
And make you realize
Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away
I can't wait another day
Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man
And make you understand
Amanda
Oh girl

You and I
I know that we can't wait
And I swear
I swear it's not a lie girl
Tomorrow may be too late
You
You and I girl
We can share the life together
It's now or never
And tomorrow may be too late

And
Feelin' the way I do
I don't wanna wait my whole life through
To say
I'm in love with you

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

***NOTE***
This Saturday (the 21st) will be my Amanda’s (my youngest daughter) 34th birthday.

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8 comments:

  1. Always loved Boston!

    Happy Birthday to your daughter, too!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Silver Fox!!! I don't think I will ever forget being in the living room of my best friend in high school when he cranked up More Than a Felling. It was the first time I had ever heard of Boston, and their entire first album blew me away. So did their second album, but I was somewhat disappointed with Third Stage after waiting so long for it to come out because of legal wrangling with the record label.

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  2. Happy birthday to Amanda, I love the Boston version, lovely lyrics....

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! It has been over 20 years since we last spoke, but she is still my daughter.

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  3. And my Amanda will be 33 in June. Here I thought this was all about her ...lol
    Happy Birthday to your Amanda

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! I am glad you have a better relationship with your Amanda than I do with mine.

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  4. Love the differences in styles. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Martin!!! Yeah, it is almost like they are two completely different songs with the same name! (LOL?)

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