Walden Pond

I hope you spend your days
Writing verses on your page
May your life be a Walden Pond swim
Taking showers in the cold
And your glasses filled to their brim

And I hope you treat your heart
Real nice and real smart
May your life be a Walden Pond swim
Can't be worthless seein' stars
Buying rocky-road for me and him

Stay in that water and
Keep where you're feeling fine but
I'm just the daughter of a man who lives on oak and wine and I
Swim like my father
And remember hard days drivin' miles across county lines

I hope you realize
Why the clouds are always crying
May your life be a Walden Pond dive
Shaking flowers at the ground
While you live the life you did at five

And I hope it's testified
For you the best had been denied
May your life be a Walden Pond swim
May you find your love to last
And the times you have are never grim

Stay in that water and
Keep where you're feeling fine but
I'm just the daughter of a man who lives on oak and wine and I
Swim like my father and remember good days drivin' miles across county lines

I've still got those pictures that I found in a bucket
They're all up on my wall
And I've still got those paintings that you did for my birthday
Way back in the fall
And I've still got those pictures that I found in a bucket

They're all up on my wall
And I've still got those paintings that you did for my birthday
Way back in the fall