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Deeper Water - Live
Paul Kelly
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On a crowded beach in a distant time
At the height of summer, see 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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Now a man comes up from amongst the throng
Takes the young boy's hand and his hand is strong
The child feels safe, the child feels brave
As he's carried in those arms, up and over the wave
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Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water
Calling him on
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Let's move forward now, the child's seventeen
With a girl in the back seat, tugging at his jeans
She knows what she wants, she guides with her hand
But a voice cuts inside him, "I'm a man, I'm a man"
Deeper water
Deeper water
Deeper water
Calling him on
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Now the man meets a woman unlike all the rest
Well, he doesn't know it yet, but he's out of his depth
And he thinks he can run, it's a matter of pride
But he keeps coming back like a cork on the tide
Deeper water
Deeper water
Now the years hurry by, the woman loves the man
One night in the dark, she grabs hold of his hand
Says, "There, can you feel it kicking inside?"
And the man gets a shiver right up and down his spine
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Calling him on
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Now the clock moves around, the child is a joy
But death doesn't care just who it destroys
Now the woman gets sick, thins down to the bone
She says, "Where I'm going next, I'm going alone"
Deeper water
Deeper water
On a distant beach, lonely and wild
At a later time, she's man and child
And the man takes the child up into his arms
Takes her over the place where the world has gone
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water (Deeper water)
Deeper water
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