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