Perhaps Love

perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer ( you wrote close)
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don`t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel

For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don`t know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain (you wrote - change)
Like a fire when it`s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If i should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

Words and music by john denver

寬闊的海水  The Water Is Wide

這是一首舉世聞名的蘇格蘭民謠，是一首詠唱調，與「奇妙的恩典」、「丹尼男孩」、「夏日最後玫瑰」齊名，內容描述一位男孩對愛情的追求，但不可得，柔腸寸斷，歌詞與旋律搭配得無懈可擊，西方的女歌手特別鍾愛這首歌，其中演唱最為出色的歌手之一，即有「天籟美少女」之稱的英國女歌手夏綠蒂（Charlotte Church），知名爵士音樂樂手大衛‧布魯貝克（Dave Brubeck）亦曾將其改編成爵士風格的音樂，可見其受歡迎的程度。英文歌詞如下：