(Kris Kristofferson)

She would meet me in the mornin' 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
Tryin' hard to copy ev'rything I did
But I couldn't keep from smilin' when I'd hear somebody sayin'
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 holdin' hands
For as surely as the seasons she was changin' to a woman
And I'd lived enough to call myself a man.

As she of'en lay beside me in the coolness of the evenin'
Till the mornin' sun was shining on my bed
And at times when she was sleepin' I would smile when I'd remember
How they used to call us Jody and the kid.

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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 walkin' down the pathway to the levee
With another little girl who follows me.

And it makes the ol' folks smile to see her tag along beside me
Doin' 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...