Thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go
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I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so
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But she let me down so easy, one slow drop at a time
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I would've killed myself but it made no sense
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Committing suicide in self defense
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But I lost everything I brought her
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When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
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Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast
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She was still in love with a long, gone, cold ghost
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I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears
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I felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog
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Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log
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I even thought that I out-thought her
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Till she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
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I said someday we'll love again, then you'll know the score
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I've taught you everything I know and maybe even more
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That's true she said, more than you ever will
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I've said I've been your raging river, precious African queen
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I've shown you everything that I've ever seen
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But she knew more than I had taught her
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When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
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Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will
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Water on the move, you know it never stands still
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And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can be done
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Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float
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I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat
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She seemed surprised that I have caught her
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But she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
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She said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water
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Just a Wave, Not the Water
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| Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
