Jody and the Kid

She would meet me in the morning
 On my way down to the river
 Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
 With her feet already dusty
 From the pathway to the levee
 And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
 I'd pay her no attention
 As she tagged along beside me
 Trying hard to copy everything I did
 But I couldn't keep from smiling
 When I'd hear somebody saying
 Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
 Even after we grew older
 We could still be seen together
 As we walked along the levee holding hands
 For as surely as the season she was changin' to a woman
 And I'd lived enough to call myself a man
 And she often lay beside me
 In the coolness of the evening
 Til' the morning sun was shining on my bed
 And at times when she was sleeping
 I'd smile when I'd remember
 How they use to call us Jody and the kid
 Now the world's a little older
 And the years have changed the river
 Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
 And on Sundays I go walking
 Down the pathway to the levee
 With another little girl who follows me
 And it makes the old folks smile
 To see her tag along beside me
 Doing little things the way her mama did
 But it gets a little lonesome
 When I hear somebody sayin'
 Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid