Jody And The Kid
Kris Kristofferson Lyrics

She would meet me in the morning
I used to have a friend named Jody, who would meet me in the mornings while I walked down to the river.

On my way down to the river
I walked down a pathway to the river every morning.

Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
Jody would wait patiently for me under the shade of the chinaberry tree.

With her feet already dusty
Jody's feet were already dusty from walking down the pathway to the levy.

From the pathway to the levy
The pathway to the levee was dusty, which was reflected on Jody's feet.

And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
Jody wore little blue jeans rolled up to her knees to avoid getting them dirty from the dusty pathway.

I'd pay her no attention
I didn't pay much attention to Jody.

As she tagged along beside me
Jody would tag along beside me as I walked down to the river.

Trying hard to copy everything I did
Jody wanted to be like me and tried hard to copy everything I did.

But I couldn't keep from smiling
Even though I didn't pay much attention to Jody, I couldn't help but smile at how she tried to copy me.

When I'd hear somebody saying
I would hear people saying as we go by.

Looky yonder there goes jody and the kid
People used to refer to Jody and me as 'Jody and the kid'.

Even after we grew older
As we grew up, Jody and I continued to hang out together.

We could still be seen together
Despite the passing of time, people could still see Jody and me together.

As we walked along the levy holding hands
We walked along the levy holding hands.

For as surely as the season she was changin' to a woman
Jody was growing up and becoming a woman.

And I'd lived enough to call myself a man
And I had grown up enough to call myself a man.

And she often lay beside me
Jody would often lie beside me in the evenings.

In the coolness of the evening
We'd spend the cool evenings together.

'Till the morning sun was shining on my bed
We'd spend the night together until the sun came up the next morning.

And at times when she was sleeping
Sometimes Jody would fall asleep next to me.

I'd smile when I'd remember
I couldn't help but smile as I remembered the past.

How they use to call us Jody and the kid
I remembered how people used to call us 'Jody and the kid'.

Now the world's a little older
As time passed, the world changed.

And the years have changed the river
The river had changed over the years.

'Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
Houses were built where there used to be none.

And on Sundays I go walking
On Sundays, I go for a walk.

Down the pathway to the levy
I still walk down the same pathway to the levee.

With another little girl who follows me
I walk with another little girl who follows me around like Jody used to.

And it makes the old folks smile
The older people in town find it amusing and endearing.

To see her tag along beside me
They think it's cute to see the new girl tagging along with me like Jody used to.

Doing little things the way her mama did
The new girl likes to do things the way her mother did, just like Jody used to.

But it gets a little lonesome
However, sometimes I feel a little bit lonely.

When I hear somebody sayin'
Especially when I hear someone say.

Looky yonder there goes jody and the kid
When people refer to the new girl and me as Jody and the kid, it makes me miss the past.