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.