Well the waters can be dangerous growing up in these parts Levies made of rebar, glass shards, and broken hearts The paper mill, the brick kiln, the vacant factories Once dumped their waste into the river now the water's all dirty Well, kids come and go, some make it, some crawl off to die Down on the river bank coming in and out with the tide Come settle down, darling, let me tell you 'bout the time It was just two years ago when I was seventeen I went for a swim late one evening My parents warned me not to go out alone But I went any way yeah what the hell do they know? It was the night I nearly drowned out, out in Old Scagg Slough Well you don't have to listen but whatever you do Don't think it can't happen to you Well the surface seemed calm, the current seemed weak As the waters got darker and the channel got deep The tuley fog rolled in and killed the last satellite The sun sunk behind the hills and the day became night That's when I decided it was time I'd best head for home But just then the current picked up and I felt some sort of undertow Well I had no choice but to go with the flow I thought, "I better not panic, I better keep my cool Maybe I could wait it out and then regain control I'm one helluva swimmer, besides, I'm too young to die I'll find a way out further downstream if I have to wait all night" Little did I know I was just adding to the mess But I thought I'd be alright, I though I knew what to expect But nothing coulda prepared me for what happened next. Oh, I, I got caught in a whirlpool, I didn't know what to do Everything started spinning, I got all confused As I spun and plundered in the depths of my disease Me, my mind, and I, the worst of enemies It felt just like my life was going down the drain And then I hit the bottom; it was as bad as it could be I sunk in to the mud, left to rest in my misery Oh I thought I was a goner, I thought I never stood a chance But somehow I escaped and made it back to the surface Everything was much clearer than it ever was before I splashed around and then caught my breath and swam back to shore Well two summers have passed since that night out on Old Scagg Slough There's a lot of things I miss but one thing I know for sure I ain't going swimming out in Old Scagg Slough no more I ain't going swimming out in Old Scagg Slough no more
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