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