The Water Is Wide

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James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. more »


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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

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