The Water Is Wide (8/19/96)

[Verse 1]

The water is wide and I can't cross over

Had I wings that I could fly

Build me a boat that could carry two

And both shall row my love and I

[Verse 2]

There is a ship and she sails on the sea

She's loaded down as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

And I know not if I sink or swim

[Verse 3]

I leaned my back up against an Oak

Thinkin' it was a trusty tree

But first it bent and then it broke

Just like my own false love to me

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Oh, love is gentle and love is kind

Gay as a jewel when first it's new

But love grows old and waxes cold

And fades away like the morning dew

[Verse 5]

The water is wide and I can't cross over

Had I wings that I could fly

Build me a boat that could carry two

And both shall row my love and I