(Kris Kristofferson)



She would meet him in the morning on his way down to the river

Waitin' patient by the chinaberry tree

With his feet already dusty from the pathway to the levee

A little blue jeans rolled up to her knees.



And he'd paid her no attention as she tagged along beside him

Tryin' hard to copy everything you did

But I's often see him smiling when he'd hear somebody saying

Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid.



Well even after they grew older they could still be seen together

As they walked along the levee holding hands

For as surely as the seasons she was changing to a woman

And he'd lived enough to call himself a man.



Well I often watched them walkin' in the coolness of the evening

Till the morning sun was shining on my bed

And sometimes when she was sleeping I'd smile when I'd remember

How we used to call 'em Jody and the kid.



Now the world's a little older and the years have changed the river

Cause there's houses where a house there's never been

And on Sundays he goes walkin' down the pathway to the levee

With another little girl who follows him.



It makes the old folks smile to see her tag along beside him

Doing little things the way her mama did

But I know he gets lonesome when he hears somebody saying

Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid.



Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid...