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 self-destructive fool, a self-destructive 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.
[00:13.000]This summer I went swimming,
[00:14.840]
[00:15.390]This summer I might have drowned
[00:17.140]
[00:17.830]But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
[00:20.380]And I moved my arms around,
[00:22.050]
[00:23.220]I moved my arms around.
[00:24.730]
[00:25.490]This summer I swam in the ocean,
[00:27.290]
[00:28.040]And I swam in a swimming pool,
[00:29.750]
[00:30.510]Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes,
[00:33.220]I'm a self-destructive fool, a self-destructive fool.
[00:37.420]
[00:51.230]This summer I did the backstroke
[00:52.680]
[00:53.480]And you know that's not all
[00:55.260]
[00:56.080]I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
[00:58.890]And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl.
[01:03.140]
[01:03.860]This summer I swam in a public place
[01:06.160]And a reservoir, to boot,
[01:07.690]
[01:08.910]At the latter I was informal,
[01:10.920]At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit.
[01:15.970]
[01:29.530]This summer I did swan dives
[01:31.080]
[01:31.700]And jackknifes for you all
[01:33.330]
[01:34.260]And once when you weren't looking
[01:36.720]I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball.
[01:41.380]
[01:42.170]This summer I went swimming,
[01:44.420]This summer I might have drowned
[01:47.070]But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
[01:49.780]And I moved my arms around,
[01:51.200]
[01:52.290]I moved my arms around.