Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Why work so hard when you could just be free?
You got your moment now, you got your legacy
Let's leave the world for the ones who change everything
Nothing could stop the two of us
Let's just get lost, that's what we want

And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
I will never sing again
With just one wave it goes away
It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song

Dive in, dive deep in dark blue suede
Rushing up from the water where the ice meets
And you've been gone so long, you missed everything
The world can change in a day if you go away, but
Nothing could stop the two of us
If that's what we want, we could just get lost

And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
I will never sing again
With just one wave it goes away
It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song

Live your life
Live your life, where you've been
Where you're going to
(Going to)
Say good night
Say good night to the life in the world we live
I'm going to follow you

And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
And I will never sing again
You won't work another day

It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song

Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Why you work so hard when you could just be free?


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Swan Song Lyrics as written by Rick Nowels Elizabeth Grant

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    Lana sings about someone that has disappeared due to work/break up, she sees them as being gone for so long that the world and herself are different , possibly even death is imminent; "ice and water" are symbols for death in film; which Lana loves considering her fascination with Hollywood. She wishes that she can be her old self again too ...possibly with him maybe one last time. She would do whatever it takes to be for that last shot, leaving her career behind for it. I Find this interesting that this is the last song on the album.

    J03Lon June 11, 2016   Link

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