[id:$00000000] [ti:The Swimming Song] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:The Squid and the Whale] [by:] [00:00.00]The Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III [00:12.95]This summer I went swimming [00:15.48]This summer I might have drowned [00:18.12]But I held my breath and I kicked my feet [00:20.69]And I moved my arms around [00:23.48]I moved my arms around [00:26.08]This summer I swam in the ocean [00:28.51]And I swam in a swimming pool [00:31.41]Salt my wounds chlorine my eyes [00:33.63]I'm a self destructive fool a self destructive fool [00:51.79]This summer I did the backstroke [00:54.19]And you know that's not all [00:56.75]I did the breast stroke and the butterfly [00:59.53]And the old australian crawl the old australian crawl [01:04.79]This summer I swam in a public place [01:07.22]And a reservoir to boot [01:09.77]At the latter I was informal [01:12.39]At the former I wore my suit I wore my swimming suit [01:30.59]This summer I did swan dives [01:33.06]And jackknifes for you all [01:35.91]And once when you weren't looking [01:38.47]I did a cannonball I did a cannonball [01:43.74]This summer I went swimming [01:46.02]This summer I might have drowned [01:48.67]But I held my breath and I kicked my feet [01:51.27]And I moved my arms around [01:53.98]I moved my arms around