He Walked on Water (feat. Kenny Chesney)

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's 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

And if the story's 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

I thought that he walked

On water