Across The Water Lyrics - Singles - Linda Eder

I started out the way most do, running on imagination 

Out into a world that I was sure I knew 

Add a dose of reality and a little desperation 

I became a stranger in a stranger land 

Wherever I go, whatever I see, I still can feel the child carry me 

High on an ocean of innocence 'cause somewhere between 

The truth and the dream, there is a moment in time 

When you can touch what you left behind 

Across the water, across the water 

Across the water, on a little higher ground 

And so it goes with everyone, we're not really all that different 

The older that we get, it seems the less we know 

We mortals all immortalize, after we apologize for 

All the things we should have said or could have done 

Wherever I go, whatever I see, I still can feel the child carry me 

High on an ocean of innocence 'cause somewhere between 

The truth and the dream, there is a moment in time 

When you can touch what you left behind 

Across the water, across the water 

Across the water, on a little higher ground 

The way we were, the dreams we had, don't ever really die 

They watch us from a distance as we wave goodbye 

But now and then a backward glance, reminds us that there's 

Still a chance, so we fill our sails and travel on across the water 

Every day in every life is open to interpretation 

Thinkin' about what might have been is a waste of time 

I don't need to analyze all my little contradictions 

As long as I can find my way back home again 

Across the water, across the water 

Across the water, on a little higher ground