Intro verse 1 Five years old, skippin’ rocks across that Cypress Creek Mama said, “Don’t you forget, you got church shoes on your feet” Daddy smoked them Salems up and wore them sideburns down My world was only as big as that little blink-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 Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time verse 2 Muscle car and a leather jacket, crusin’ the main street drag Cool as a can of Copenhagen and a six pack in a bag We were all about them college girls when they came home on break Thought those days would last forever and growin’ up would wait But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time Solo verse 3 Now daddy’s in his easy chair, mama’s hairs turned grey 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 Growin’ 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 Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ 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 Oh we ride, ride, ride that river of time Outro