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 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 --- He Walked on Water - Randy Travis