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Deeper Water
Clare Bowditch
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On a crowded beach, in a distant time
In the heart of summer, a boy of five
At the water's edge, so nimble and free
Jumping over the ripples, looking way out to sea
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A man appears from amongst the throng
Takes the boy by his hand, and his hands are strong
And the child feels safe
The child feels free and brave
He's carrying him in his arms up and over the waves
Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water
Carrying him along
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Fast forward now and the boy's seventeen
With a girl in his back seat, tucked in his jeans
And she knows what she wants, she guides the boy's hand
But the boy's cries are silent, and mother man, father man
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Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water
Calling him along
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The man meets a woman, she's unlike all the rest
And he doesn't know it yet, but he's out of his depth
And he thinks he can run, hates a man of pride
But he keeps coming back like a call from inside
Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water
Calling him along
Well, the years hurry by and the woman loves the man
And one night in the dark, he grabs hold of her hand
And he says, "There, can you feel it? It's kicking inside"
And the man feels a chill run up and down his spine
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Carrying him along (Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey)
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Well, the clock moves along and the child is a joy
But death doesn't care who it destroys
And the woman gets sick, she thins down to the bone
She goes, "Where I'm going, yes, I'm going alone"
Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water (On a distant beach)
Deeper water (Running wild and away from time)
Deeper water (A man and his child)
Deeper water (And he carries that child up into his arms)
Deeper water (Takes her home to a place where the water flows)
Deeper water (Deeper, deeper)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
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Thank you, you sexy Melbourne people, my God
So you know how we all have our own, our own stories that we
Carry in our heads with us and we all like to couple our stories
With Paul Kelly's own, for example, I always thought the words
To this next song were that, um, he went to the nunnery and that
Um, yeah, she got a little power. That's for you ladies. In
Actual fact, the song's better than that even. I reckon we
Should hit it. Thank you, Paul, for writing such hit hot songs
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