Five years old, skipping rocks across that cypress creekMama said, don't you forget you got church shoes on your feetDaddy smoked them Salem's up and wore them sideburns downMy world was only big as that little plank and you miss it townBut we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of timeYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeDrifting on to where we're going and hanging on to what's left behindYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeMuscle car in a leather jacket cruising the main street dragCool as a can of Copenhagen in a six-packWe were all about them college girls when they came home on breakThought those days would last forever and growing up would waitBut we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of timeYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeDrifting on to where we're going and hanging on to what's left behindYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeNow daddy's in his easy chairMama's hair's turned grayShe laughs and says it's all because of my young and wilder daysI found a girl that makes me smileI'll never let her goI'm growing oldI'm growing oldDon't scare me none, I believe in streets of goldJust gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of timeYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeDrifting on to where we're goingAnd hanging on to what's left behindYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of timeYeah, we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of timeYeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time