| Me and my girl were thinking on what to do, | |
| she said "lets go swimming." | |
| So we walked down the shore, | |
| and watched the waves come in. | |
| I didn't know then, now what I'm telling you. | |
| Don't go in the water, because I am so afraid. | |
| She took all her clothes off, and she went swimming | |
| in the water up to her pretty neck. | |
| I stood on the shore, | |
| and watched her swim around. | |
| The next thing I knew she was going down. | |
| I wish she'd listened to me. | |
| Don't go in the water, because I am so afraid. | |
| I didn't know what to do, | |
| my girlfriend she was drowning. | |
| A coughing and a sputtering, | |
| right in front of my face. | |
| On well, I cannot swim to save my own life, | |
| but I don't want to see my girlfriend die. | |
| I wish she'd listened to me. | |
| Don't go in the water, because I am so afraid. |