Swimming Alone

It was a crawdad spring in a grasshopper song
 I had a dime store daddy and a paperback mother
 Sister had a boyfriend, and brother's playin' ball
 And I was raisin myself, the last of them all
 So I jumped in, closed my eyes
 There was a party goin' on with nobody home
 No one to mind me, or lookin' to find me
 I was outside in the backyard swimming alone
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 I was a California dreamer in a hot Texas town
 And I was too young to drive, but I still got around
 Climbin' out of windows just to get stoned
 Out there on the edge swimming alone
 But I jumped in, closed my eyes
 I was always running away from home
 But on my side was my heart open wide
 I learned how to survive swimming alone, yeah
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 I've had friends and lovers, and so many others
 I've had a lot of good deals and plans that I broke
 Sometimes, you get burned, but that's how you learn
 When you're out there in the world swimming alone
 So I jumped in, closed my eyes
 Don't bother calling 'cause I won't pick up the phone
 Baby, don't mind me, you know where to find me
 I'm outside in the backyard swimming alone
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 I'll be outside in the backyard swimming alone