He Walked on Water

He wore starched white shirts

Buttoned at the neck

And he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck

And his teeth were gone, but what the heck

I thought that he walked on water.



Said he was a cowboy when he was young

He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun

And my momma's daddy was his oldest son

And I thought that he walked on water.



And if the story was told

Only Heaven knows.

But his hat seemed to me

Like an old halo.

And though his wings,

They were never seen

I thought he walked on water.



And he tied a cord to the end of a mop,

And said son here's your pony

Keep her at a trot.

And I'd ride in circles while he laughed alot

Then I'd flop down beside him

He was ninety years old in '63

And I loved him and he loved me

And, Lord, I cried the day he died

'Cause I thought that he walked on water



If the story was told

Only Heaven knows.

But his hat seemed to me

Like an old halo.

And though his wings,

They were never seen

I thought he walked on water.



Yea, I thought that he walked on water...