Swimming - Pearl and the Beard

You know they say, they always say

That things will get better

If you believe in love, believe in hope

Believe in the way that you feel

But my trouble is

My troubles aren’t real

They’re real enough that in as much

As, yes, they are happening

But their burden bears upon the soul

Their weightlessness boring a hole

That’s deep enough to dive

So let the rain come down

And fill a swimming hole

Until the sun come out

Then we can go swimming

The turtledove, in all his love

Dissecting his babies

For the mites that dine, upon the plume

Removing them just to make room

«Alas,» he cried, «although I’ve tried

The next generation

Has appointed themselves in control

But tremble my young things no more

For we’ll never want for our dinner

So let the rain come down

And fill a swimming hole

Until the sun comes out

Then we can go swimming"

We will swim more, and more, and more, and more, and more

It’ll rain more, and more, and more, and more, and more

We will swim more, and more, and more, and more, and more

It’ll rain more, and more, and more, and more, and more

It’ll rain more, and more, and more, and more, and more

We will swim more, and more, and more, and more, and more

It’ll rain more, and more, and more, and more, and more

We will swim more, and more, and more, and more, and more