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 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 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 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