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
mama'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 that he walked on water
Well, he tied a cord to the end of a mop
And said, "Son, here's a
pony, keep her at a trot"
And I'd ride in circles while he laughed a lot
Then I'd
flop down beside him
And 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
But 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 that he walked on water
Yeah, I thought that he walked on water
