The Swimming Song

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

And I moved my arms around

Moved my arms around

This summer I swam in the ocean

And I swam in a swimming pool

Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes

I'm a self destructive fool

I'm a self destructive fool

This summer I did the back stroke

And you know that that's not all

I did the breast stroke and the butterfly

And the old Australian crawl

The old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place

And a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal

At the former I wore my suit

I wore my swimming suit, yeah

This summer I did swan dives

And jack knives for you all

And once when you weren't looking

I did a cannonball

Did a cannonball

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath and I kicked my feet

And I moved my arms around

Moved my arms around