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