Pete Atkin sings
With Her It Goes Deeper

by Clive James and Pete Atkin,
from The Lakeside Sessions, Vol.2

[Much more at www.peteatkin.com]

LYRIC:

When the going gets tough
Some people wonder
Whether to weep or
Matter-of-factly
Laugh the thing off
But she knows exactly
With her it goes deeper

She just crumples up
Folds and goes under
Hearing the reaper
Shuffling onward
To level the crop
That's ripening sunward
With her it goes deeper

When the going gets fair
Some people dither
Whether to leap or
Shyly and nicely
Offer a prayer
They don't know precisely
With her it goes deeper

Overjoyed or forlorn
One way and another
She can't seem to keep a
Sense of proportion
Dance until dawn
Or drink to extinction
With her it goes deeper
With her it goes deeper