Josh Ritter - Lake Charlevoix lyrics

The water is wide and I cannot get over
And neither have I the wings to fly
I'll build a boat that we both can row
And we shall leave lake Charlevoix

Oh, you are so hand- some, kind and sweet
There is no love for you but me
But still my heart it beats for both
My love and my lake Charlevoix
Still if you go i will go with you
You are my love and my love holds fast
All that I ask build me a boat
As pretty as lake Charlevoix

Give her blue sails of silk and sun
The fog rolling in late afternoon
The rising moon and the smell of pinе
For I'll not leave all that behind

And see hеr hull is iron ore
For iron are the hills of home
And iron is the chain that holds
Me to my own lake Charlevoix

Ah love, my love i see you will not go
There is no boat so wide and deep
That it could keep the love you hold
For the hills of home and Lake Charlevoix

So I will stay and let your eyes
Be my blue sky and my soft rain
I will remain how could I go
For you are my lake Charlevoix

I will remain how could I go
For you are my lake Charlevoix