The Swimming Song

The Swimming Song -Britta Phillips,Dean Wareham

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

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 selfdestructive fool a selfdestructive fool

This summer i did the backstroke

And you know 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 jackknifes 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

I moved my arms around