Waterways

I found the beach off the beaten trail I blew the wind through my own sails I wrote these words with the setting sun The water's turning, and this is what I've done The water moves from day to day It never stops, it never stays the same I tried to build my own waterway I built my own waterway I tried to walk out on my own game I pried the lock, I could not escape I kept an eye on my yesterdays I fought the heartache, and I fought the pain The water's turning to carry me along (Life me away) The sun has set, I've come and gone This is what I've done (Waterways, waterways) This is what I've done (Waterways, waterways) I talked to God, and he gave me praise I sailed through the horizon to see another day He told me something, sometime, somewhere, someway Somehow I always knew that I'd recognize his face someday And I found love as she found me (Love, love, love, love, love, love, love) It was as real to me as anything I've felt or seen Every word that I could ever try to say Wouldn't come close to me truthfully explaining love All my love, and all my life All who lived, and all who died Kept me on the water, kept me off the wake I built my own waterway The water's turning to carry me along (Life me away) The sun has set, I've come and gone This is what I've done (Waterways, waterways) This is what I've done (Waterways, waterways) I am a naked sail at sea I was what I could never be But every water has a way to be won And every day has its setting sun I learned my colors, and I learned my trade I earned my honor, and I met my fate And this is what I've done This is what I've done