"He Walked on Water"



Words/Music by Allen Shamblin

Performed by Randy Travis





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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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