Well, take me back down
Where cool water flows, y'all
Let me remember the things I love
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite
Walkin' along the river road at night
Barefoot girls dancin'
In the moonlight
I can hear the bullfrog callin' me home
Wonder if my rope's
Still hangin' to the tree
Love to kick my feet
'Way down the shallow water
Shoo, fly, dragonfly, get back, you mother
Pick up a flat rock
Skip it across Green River
Well!

Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, Lord
With flat-car riders and cross-tie walkers
Old Cody Junior took me over
Said, "You're gonna find the world be smolderin'
And if you get a-lost
Come on home to Green River"
Well!