Swimming Alone

It was a crawdad spring in a grasshopper song I had a dime store daddy and a paperback mother Sister had a boyfriend, and brother's playin' ball And I was raisin myself, the last of them all So I jumped in, closed my eyes There was a party goin' on with nobody home No one to mind me, or lookin' to find me I was outside in the backyard swimming alone I was a California dreamer in a hot Texas town And I was too young to drive, but I still got around Climbin' out of windows just to get stoned Out there on the edge swimming alone But I jumped in, closed my eyes I was always running away from home But on my side was my heart open wide I learned how to survive swimming alone, yeah I've had friends and lovers, and so many others I've had a lot of good deals and plans that I broke Sometimes, you get burned, but that's how you learn When you're out there in the world swimming alone So I jumped in, closed my eyes Don't bother calling 'cause I won't pick up the phone Baby, don't mind me, you know where to find me I'm outside in the backyard swimming alone I'll be outside in the backyard swimming alone