Jody And The Kid Song Lyrics and Chords by Roy Drusky
Jody And The Kid
Recorded by Roy Drusky
Written by Kris Kristofferson
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She would meet me in the morning on my way down to the river
Waiting patient by the chinaberry
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With her
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feet already
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dusty from the
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pathway to the
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levee
And her
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little blue jeans
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rolled up to her
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And I'd pay her no
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attention as she
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tagged along
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Trying
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hard to copy everything I
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did
But I
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couldn't keep from smiling
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when I'd hear
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somebody
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saying
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yonder there goes
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Jody and the
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kid
Even after we grew older we could still be seen together
As we walked along the levee holding
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hands
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For as
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surely as the
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seasons she was
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changing to a
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woman
And
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I lived enough to
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call myself a
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man
And she often lay
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beside me in the
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coolness of the
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evening
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morning sun was shining on my
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bed
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times when she was
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sleeping I would
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smile when I'd
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remember
How they
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used to call us
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Jody and the
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Now the world's a little
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older and the
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years have changed the
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river
Cause
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there are houses where they didn't used to
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be
And on
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Sundays I go
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walking down the
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pathway to the
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levee
With
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another little
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girl who follows
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me
And it makes the old folks smile to see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mamma
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did
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But it
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gets a little
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lonesome when I
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hear somebody
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saying
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yonder there goes
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Jody and the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Jody And The Kid?
- The song Jody And The Kid was sang by Roy Drusky.
Who is Roy Drusky?
- Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930 - September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being the first artist to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson ("Jody and the Kid"). His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes, Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.
