Meat Puppets

Swimming Ground

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the sun is up and beating down
hot enough to melt the ground
a little water would do us good
the clouds'd help us if they could
they'd send showers of pouring rain
get everything wet again
we could go and float around
in our favorite swimming ground
the best place I ever found
wasn't close to any town
was a little swimming ground
everything just floating around
out to lunch and out of town
pretty close to falling down
a little water would do us good

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notthatguysomeoneelse On Aug 21, 2005

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2005-08-21 07:29:43

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by ernzoa

20y ago

This is a pretty straightforward song, about how nice it feels to get into a pool in the middle of summer.

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by thebodiesobtained

17y ago

"what a lovely summertime song"

radiates that lethargic feeling you get when it's too hot

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