This summer I went swimming This summer I might have drowned But I held my breath And I kicked my feel And I moved my arms around I moved my arms around This summer I swam in the ocean I swam in a swimming pool Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes I'm a self destructive fool I'm a self destructive fool This summer I did the backstroke And you know that that's not all I did the breaststroke 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 I moved my arms around