There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge
I guess that whole thing is caving in
Maybe it is time I learn how to swim
I'll be a dolphin, I'll be a dolphin

Sometimes I think I'm breaking down
And other times I think that I'm fine
But something got into my engine
It slowed me down
Now I gotta turn this whole thing around

I'm gonna be a dolphin
Gonna be a dolphin
I'm gonna be a dolphin
Gonna be a dolphin

There's not a lot I believe anymore
I mistrust everything I had been longing for
There's not a lot that I know anymore
But I know if good bridge is burning

You gotta be a dolphin...You gotta be a dolphin
You gotta be a dolphin...You gotta be a dolphin

Sometimes I think you're crazy and sick
And other time I think you're so fine
But I know I'm in dange 'cause you feel like a stranger
And I know that something's going give

When I dive into that ocean
God I hope I don't sink like a stone -- no
I'm gonna move like a dolphin
There may be a lot I don't know about you

But I know if I don't swim
I'm already drowning
'Cause a broken bridge
Is a broken bridge

So I swim to you now
Here I come... Here I come
Here I come... Here I come
I'll be a dolphin

There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge
I guess that this time I'll have swim (I'll swim...)


Lyrics submitted by triggerhappyjack

Dolphin Lyrics as written by Kelly Danielewski

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    I think that this song is about realizing that you have a problem or issue or situation to deal with (the broken beam) and learning to cope with it (being a dolphin) when you are confronted with it. You have to be strong, but you have to be able to adapt. They're no guarantees that you'll succeed, but trying to swim is better than sinking like a stone.

    dealupaon August 23, 2002   Link

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