Liz Rose - Swimming Alone lyrics

It was a crawdad spring
And a grasshopper summer i had a dime store
Daddy and a paperback mother
Sister had a boyfriend and
Brother was playing ball
And I was raising myself
The last of them all

So I jumped in, closed my eyes
There was a party going on with nobody home
No one to mind me, or looking to find me
I was outside in the backyard swimming alone

I was a California dreamer in
A hot Texas town
And I was too young to drive
But I still got around
Climbing 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

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
I'll be outside in the
Backyard swimming alone