He Walked on Water

Accordi He Walked on Water

   
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He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
         
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and he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck
        
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And his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
  
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I thought that he walked on water

   
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He said he was a cowboy when he was young
         
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He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun
       
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And my mama's daddy was his oldest son,
    
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and I thought that he walked on water

               
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If the story's told, only heaven knows
                      
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But his hat seemed to me like an old halo
                 
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And although his wings, they were never seen
               
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I thought that he walked on water

     
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Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
           
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and said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot"
    
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And I'd ride in circles while he laughed alot
      
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Then I'd flop down beside him
           
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And he was ninety years old in sixty-three
    
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and I loved him and he loved me
    
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And lord, I cried the day he died,
       
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'cause I thought that he walked on water

               
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If the story's told, only heaven knows
                      
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But his hat seemed to me like an old halo
                 
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And although his wings, they were never seen
               
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I thought that he walked on water

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I thought that he walked on water