Paul Kelly - Deeper Water Lyrics
On a crowded beach in a distant timeAt the height of summer see a boy of fiveAt the water's edge so nimble and freeJumping over the ripples looking way out to seaNow a man comes up from amoungst the throngTakes the young boy's hand and his hand is strongAnd the child feels safe, yeah the child feels braveAs he's carried in those arems up and over the wavesDeeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him onLet's move forward now and the child's seventeenWith a girl in the back seat tugging at his jeansAnd she knows what she wants, she guides with her handAs a voice cries inside him - I'm a man, I'm a man!Deeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him onNow the man meets a woman unlike all the restHe doesn't know it yet but he's out of his depthAnd he thinks he can run, it's amatter of prideBut he keeps coming back like a cork on the tideWell the years hurry by and the woman loves the manThen one night in the dark she grabs hold of his handSays 'There, can you feel it kicking inside!'And the man gets a shiver right up and down his spineDeeper water, deeper water, deeper water, calling him onSo the clock moves around and the child is a joyBut Death doesn't care just who it destroysNow the woamn gets sick, thins down to the boneShe says 'Where I'm going next, I'm going alone'Deeper water, deeper waterOn a distant beach lonely and wildAt a later time see a man and a childAnd the man takes the child up into his armsTakes her over the breakersTo where the water is calmDeeper water, deeper water,Deeper water, calling them on
