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
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 SIXTY-THREE
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
THAT HE WALKED
ON WATER
YEAH I THOUGHT
THAT HE WALKED
ON WATER