The Water Is Wide lyrics

The water is wide

I can't cross o'er

And neither have

I wings to fly

Give me a boat

that can carry two

And both shall row

my love and I

Oh love is gentle

and love is kind

The sweetest flower

when first it's new

but love grows old

and waxes cold

and fades away

like morning dew

There is a ship

and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep

as deep can be

But not as deep

as the love I'm in

I know not how

I sink or swim

The water is wide

I can't cross o'er

And neither have

I wings to fly

Give me a boat

that can carry two

And both shall row

my love and I

And both shall row

my love and I

• Artist:Karla Bonoff
• Album:Restless Nights (1979)