this summer i went swimming

I och med den här höststormen, som jag i och för sig mer skulle vilja kalla höstblåst (trea på min topplista över favoritväder), känner jag att det är dags att sammanfatta min sommar:

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 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 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-knifes for you all,

and once when you weren't looking,

I did a cannon-ball,

I did a cannon-ball

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

The Swimming Song av Kate & Anna McGarrigle