Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth We read the paper and we pick the show I’d meet her there but my watch was slow She came early and I came late We never met It was a hell of a date Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth The way we met, she was a friend of a friend They needed money and I had it to lend She had five; she wanted ten I gave her all my money So I got none to spend Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth Amanda, Amanda Ruth She burns her biscuits and her gravy is strange Can’t fry a chicken in a micro-wave range Her salt’s tasty, her sugar’s sweet No she can’t cook But she’s got something to eat