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He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck

He'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck

His teeth were gone but what the heck

I thought that he walked on water



Said he was a cowboy when he was young

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



If the story is 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



He tied a cord to the end of a map

Said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot"

I'd ride in circles while he laughed a lot

Then I'd flop down beside him



He was ninety years old in '63

I loved him and he loved me

Lord I cried the day he died

Cause I thought that he walked on water





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