Down the road, and up the hill   Round the bend, and behind the mill   When just a kid I used to go   To a place called shady grove   That is where I first met her   She changed my life with one just one word   She called it love but I don't know   I call it goin' down to shady grove   Shady grove, shady grove   In the middle of shady grove   Sometimes we'd steal away at night   All the same the feel was right   There was no city, there was no town   'cause shady grove was all around   We'd just lay down look up and see   The vast expanse of the old, old tree   When our love had turned to lust   Shady grove would cover us   Shady grove, shady grove   In the middle of shady grove   No one would ever come by   We were young and very shy   It seemed to wrap around us both   The place we called shady grove   Not long ago to my surprise   I seemed to have to go back   I went back to that same old spot   The trees were gone - it's a parking lot   Shady grove, shady grove   In the middle of shady grove