Paul Kelly - Deeper Water Lyrics lyrics

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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

Now a man comes up from amoungst the throng

Takes the young boy's hand and his hand is strong

And the child feels safe, yeah the child feels brave

As he's carried in those arems up and over the waves

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him on

Let's move forward now and the child's seventeen

With a girl in the back seat tugging at his jeans

And she knows what she wants, she guides with her hand

As a voice cries inside him - I'm a man, I'm a man!

Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him on

Now the man meets a woman unlike all the rest

He doesn't know it yet but he's out of his depth

And he thinks he can run, it's amatter of pride

But he keeps coming back like a cork on the tide

Well the years hurry by and the woman loves the man

Then 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, calling him on

So the clock moves around and the child is a joy

But Death doesn't care just who it destroys

Now the woamn 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 see a man and a child

And the man takes the child up into his arms

Takes her over the breakers

To where the water is calm

Deeper water, deeper water,

Deeper water, calling them on