The Water Is Wide Lyrics - Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff

The water is wide 

I cannot swim ore 

and neither have I 

the wings to fly 

give me a boat 

that can carry two 

and we both shall row 

my true love and I 

A ship there is 

and she sails the seas 

she's laden deep 

as deep can be 

but not so deep 

as the love I'm in 

and I know not if 

i sink or swim 

I leaned my back 

against a young oak 

thinkin he was 

a trusty tree 

but first he bended 

and then he broke 

thus did my love 

prove false to me 

Oh love is handsome 

and love is kind 

bright as a jewl 

when first it's new 

but love grows old 

and waxes cold 

and fades away 

like the morning dew