I started out the way most do
Running on imagination
Out into a world that I was
sure I knew
Add a dose of reality
And a little desperation
I became a stranger
in a stranger land
Wherever I go
Whatever I see
I still can feel the child carry me
high on an ocean of innocence
'Cause somewhere between
the truth and the dream
There is a moment in time
When you can touch
what you left behind
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
And so it goes with everyone
We're not really
all that different
The older that we get
it seems the less we know
We mortals all immortalize
After we apologize for
All the things we should have
said or could have done
Wherever I go
Whatever I see
I still can feel the child carry me
high on an ocean of innocence
'Cause somewhere between
the truth and the dream
There is a moment in time
When you can touch
what you left behind
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
All the sacred dreams we had
don't ever really die
They watch us from a distance
as we wave goodbye
But now and then a
backward glance
Reminds us that there's
still a chance
So we fill our sails and
travel on
Across the water
Every day in every life
is open to interpretation
Thinkin' 'bout what might have
been is a waste of time
I don't need to analyze
all my little contradictions
Long as I can find my way
back home again
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground
Across the water
Across the water
Across the water
on a little higher ground