Lyric discussion by chucklets 

Cover art for Swimming Song lyrics by Loudon Wainwright III

I think it’s great that this song is about all of the above posts. To a child this song is about swimming. It’s obvious. To someone thinking about relationships or alcoholism, it’s about those things. What’s really great is that the song is so good at being about all those things, and it sounds so simple. I don’t think he sat down and wrote a song about any single one of those things. But I think all of those things were in his mind and produced the song somehow.

Song Meaning

@chucklets yes, definitely. A great songwriter can make something so simple, so meaningful and relatable to so many.