The Water Is Wide Lyrics - James Taylor

The water is wide, 

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. 

She's loaded deep, 

As deep can be. 

But not so deep 

As the love I'm in, 

I know not how I sink or swim. 

Oh love is handsome 

And love is fine, 

The sweetest flower 

When first it's new. 

But love grows old 

And waxes cold 

And fades away like Summer dew. 

Build me a boat 

That can carry two 

And both shall row, my love and I, 

And both shall row, my love and I.