pouring petrol on a burning man chords by Paul Kelly
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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On
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a crowded beach in a distant time
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At the height of summer; see
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a boy of five
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At the wa ter's edge so nimble
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and free
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Jumping over the ripples,
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looking way out to sea
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Now a man
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Verse 2
comes up
from amongst the throng
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Takes the young boy's hand,
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and his hand is strong
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And the child feels safe,
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yeah, the child feels brave
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As he's carried in those arms
up and over the waves
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Deeper water, deep
Verse 3
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er water,
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deeper water, calling him on
Let's move forward now and
the child's seventeen
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With a girl in the back seat,
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tug ging at his jeans
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And she knows what she wants; she
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guides with her hand
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As a voice cries inside
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him: "I'm a man! I'm a man!"
Verse 4
Deeper water, deeper water,
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deeper water, calling him on
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Now the man meets a woman,
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un like all the rest
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He doesn't know it yet,
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but he's out of his depth
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And he thinks he can
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run; it's a matter of pride
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But he keeps coming back like a cork
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on the tide
Verse 5
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Well the years hurry by, and the
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woman loves the man
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Then one night in the dark she grabs
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hold of his hand
Says: "There,
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can you feel it kicking inside?"
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And the man gets a shiver right up and
down his spine
Verse 6
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Deeper water, deeper water, deeper
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water, calling him on
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So the clock moves around,
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and the child is a joy
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But Death doesn't care
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just who it destroys
Now the woamn gets sick,
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thins down to the bone
She says: "Where I'm going next,
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I'm going alone."
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Deeper
Verse 7
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water, deeper
water
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On a distant beach, lonely and wild
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At a later time, see a man and a child
And the man takes the child
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up into his arms
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Takes her over the breakers
Verse 8
To where the water is calm
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Deeper water, deeper water
Deeper water, calling them on
pouring petrol on a burning man
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