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...