It was a crawdad spring and a grasshopper summer
I had a dime store daddy and a paperback mother
Sister had a boyfriend and brother was playing ball
And I was raising myself, the last of them all
So I jumped in, closed my eyes
There was a party going on with nobody home
No one to mind me, or looking to find me
I was outside in the backyard swimming alone
I was a California dreamer in a hot Texas town
And I was too young to drive but I still got around
Climbing out of windows just to get stoned
Out there on the edge swimming alone
But I jumped in, closed my eyes
I was always running away from home
But on my side was my heart open wide
I learned how to survive swimming alone
Yeah~
I've had friends and lovers and so many others
I've had a lot of good deals and plans that I broke
Sometimes you get burned but that's how you learn
When you're out there in the world swimming alone
So I jumped in, closed my eyes
Don't bother calling 'cause I won't pick up the phone
Baby don't mind me, you know where to find me
I'm outside in the backyard swimming alone
I'll be outside in the backyard swimming alone