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 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. This summer I did swan dives And jack-knives for you all And once when you weren't looking I did a cannonball I 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 Move my arms around.