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This summer I went swimming, |
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This summer I might have drowned |
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But I held my breath and I kicked my feet |
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And I moved my arms around, |
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I moved my arms around. |
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This summer I swam in the ocean, |
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And I swam in a swimming pool, |
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Salt my wounds, chlorine my eyes, |
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I'm a self-destructive fool, a self-destructive fool. |
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This summer I swam in a public place |
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And a reservoir, to boot, |
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At the latter I was informal, |
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At the former I wore my suit, I wore my swimming suit. |
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This summer I did the backstroke |
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And you know that's not all |
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I did the breast stroke and the butterfly |
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And the old Australian crawl, the old Australian crawl. |
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This summer I did swan dives |
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And jackknifes for you all |
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And once when you weren't looking |
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I did a cannonball, I did a cannonball. |