The Water

All that I have is a river

The river is always my home

Lord, take me away

For I just cannot stay

Or I’ll sink in my skin and my bones

The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying

Please help me build a small boat

One that’ll ride on the flow

Where the river runs deep

And the larger fish creep

I’m glad of what keeps me afloat

The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying

Now deeper the water I sail

And faster the current I’m in

That each night brings the stars

And the song in my heart

Is a tune for the journeyman’s tale

The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying

Now the land that I knew is a dream

And the line on the distance grows faint

So wide is my river, the horizon a sliver

The artist has run out of paint

Where the blue of the sea meets the sky

And the big yellow sun leads me home

I’m everywhere now, the way is a vow

To the wind of each breath by and by

The water sustains me without even trying

The water can’t drown me, I’m done

With my dying