Learning to Swim Lyrics

One by one you lit your matches and you threw them in the pool

Now I'm no Norman Einstein but at least I'm not a fool

They say that winter's coming, and it chills me to the bone

I'd like to take you with me but I've got to go alone

I would mend it but it's broken

I'd steal it but it's stolen

Are you going where I'm going?

I'm not drowning, I'm just waving hello

Now I don't know what I'm doing but I try to do it well

You called in all your experts but as far as I can tell

You say, "Yes it do"

And I say, "Oh no it don't"

I won't listen to your reason so it's time for me to go

I dug out a well for you just to pipe the waters home to you

But at the end of every day all I ever hear you say

Is that my water made your clothes turn gray

Well then follow me down to the river

And as we float in the currents together

Your shirt will smell like roses

As you peel it from your skin

So let me say Amen

And let me begin

To learn how to swim, to learn how to swim

I would mend it but it's broken

I'd steal it but it's stolen

Are you going where I'm going?

I'm not drowning, I'm just waving hello

I dug out a well for you just to pipe the waters home to you

But at the end of every day all I ever hear you say

Is that my water made your clothes turn gray

Well then follow me down to the river

And as we float in the currents together

Your shirt will smell like roses

As you peel it from your skin

So let me say Amen

And let me begin

To learn how to swim, to learn how to swim