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