Five years old, skipping rocks across that cypress creek
Mama said, don't you forget you got church shoes on your feet
Daddy smoked them Salem's up and wore them sideburns down
My world was only big as that little plank and you miss it town
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Drifting on to where we're going and hanging on to what's left behind
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Muscle car in a leather jacket cruising the main street drag
Cool as a can of Copenhagen in a six-pack
We were all about them college girls when they came home on break
Thought those days would last forever and growing up would wait
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Drifting on to where we're going and hanging on to what's left behind
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Now daddy's in his easy chair
Mama's hair's turned gray
She laughs and says it's all because of my young and wilder days
I found a girl that makes me smile
I'll never let her go
I'm growing old
I'm growing old
Don't scare me none, I believe in streets of gold
Just gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Drifting on to where we're going
And hanging on to what's left behind
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
Yeah, we ride, ride, ride that river of time