The Water Is Wide - Steve Goodman

The water is wide

And I can’t cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row

My love and I

There is a ship

And she sails the sea

A boat as deep as deep can be

But not as deep as this hole I’m in

And I know not if, I sink or swim

And I lean my back against some oak

Thinking it was a trusty tree

But first it bent

And then it broke

As my own love proved false to me

Love is gentle

And love is kind

And love is young

And love is new

Love grows cold as it grows old

Til it fades away like the mornin' dew

And the water is wide

And I can’t cross over

Neither have I wings to fly

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row

My love and I

And both shall row

My love and I