The Water Is Wide Lyrics - Good Thing Going - Rhonda Vincent

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er, 

And neither have I the wings to fly. 

Give me a boat, that will carry two, 

And both shall row, my love and I. 

Oh love is handsome, and love is kind, 

Shining bright like a jewel, when first its 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 if I sink or swim. 

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er, 

And neither have I the wings to fly. 

Give me a boat, that will carry two, 

And both shall row, my love and I.