Loudon Wainwright III - Swimming Song Lyrics
This summer I went swimming,This summer I might have drownedBut I held my breath and I kicked my feetAnd I moved my arms around,I moved my arms around.This summer I swam in the ocean,And I swam in a swimming pool,Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes,I'm a self-destructive fool, a self-destructive fool.This summer I swam in a public placeAnd a reservoir, to boot,At the latter I was informal,At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit.This summer I did the backstrokeAnd you know that's not allI did the breast stroke and the butterflyAnd the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl.This summer I did swan divesAnd jackknifes for you allAnd once when you weren't lookingI did a cannonball, I did a cannonball.