His car went off the highway straight into Crawley's Lake
But ask anybody in this town,
that man died ten years too late
Drowned himself in a whiskey glass,
took his family to hell and back
Who could forgive a man like that?
There's his youngest daughter standing in the pouring rain
Placing a single rose on her daddy's grave
Cause she remembers him like John Wayne in
a Cadillac
And she'll only see the best in him now looking
back
So she can finally have a father who's gentle,
kind and good She'll let his memory walk on water since
he never could
Sometimes in the morning before he'd have
that first drink
He'd play like a cowboy,
bounce her on his
knee
She remembers the way he laughed,
Marlboro
cigarette hanging from his mouth
Standing by his headstone,
she's gonna close her eyes
Let every other memory die
So she remembers him like John Wayne in a Cadillac
She'll only see the best in him now looking back
So she can finally have a father who's gentle,
kind and good
She'll let his memory walk on water
so she can be proud to be his daughter
She'll let his memory walk on water since he never could