Henson Cargill Jody And The Kid Lyrics

Jody And The Kid Lyrics

She would meet me in the morning on my way down to the river



Waitin' 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



And I'd paid 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 seasons she was changing 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



Till the morning sun was shining on my bed



And at times when she was sleeping I would smile when I'd remember



How they used 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 Sunday I go walking down the pathway to the levee



With another little girl that 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 saying



Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid