Jody And The Kid Lyrics - Roger Miller

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 

As she often lay beside me 

In the coolness of the evening 

Til' the morning sun as shining on my bed 

And at times when she was sleeping i'd 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 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