The Water Is Wide – Joan BaezBy The water is wide, I cannot get oerNeither have I wings to flyGive me a boat that can carry twoAnd both shall row, my love and IA ship there is and she sails the seaShe’s loaded deep as deep can beBut not so deep as the love I’m inI know not if I sink or swimI leaned my back against an oakThinking it was a trusty treeBut first it bent and then it brokeSo did my love prove false to meI reached my finger into some soft bushThinking the fairest flower to findI pricked my finger to the boneAnd left the fairest flower behindOh love be handsome and love be kindGay as a jewel when first it is newBut love grows old and waxes coldAnd fades away like the morning dewMust I go bound while you go freeMust I love a man who doesn’t love meMust I be born with so little artAs to love a man who’ll break my heartWhen cockle shells turn silver bellsThen will my love come back to meWhen roses bloom in winter’s gloomThen will my love return to me www.pillowlyrics.com419786497975 88k 20