The Swimming Song

This summer I went swimming
 This summer I might have drowned
 But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
 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, 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, 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
 Oh, this summer I did swan dives
 And jack-knives for you all
 And once when you weren't looking
 I did a cannon-ball
 I did a cannon-ball
 This summer I went swimming
 This summer I might have drowned
 But I held my breath, I kicked my feet
 And moved my arms around
 I moved my arms around