The Last Mill Pond Dive

The water's cold and deep and still,

the mill is long since gone

I've swum here every summer

since I was a little one

The bulldozers are coming in,

the pond is being drained

And I will take one last dive,

for all the summers I've obtained I'm the mill pond swimmer's last

dive, the water's like a mirror

I see the boy I used to be,

my vision's getting clearer

The rocks are smooth,

the depths are dark,

I know them all too well

And when I surface one last time,

I'll say a final farewell

My father taught me how to swim

in eighteen forty-nine

He said this pond would always be a place that's yours and

mine

But progress has a different plan,

they're building condos here

And I will lose the pond I loved,

my childhood disappeared

I climb the old rope swing again,

I swing out over the deep

I let go of the world and fall,

the memories I keep

The water closes over me,

it's cold and dark and true

And when I rise,

I'm not the same,

but I'll start something new

I'm the mill pond swimmer's last dive,

the water's like a mirror

I see the boy I used to be,

my vision's getting clearer The rocks are smooth,

the depths are dark,

I know them all too well

And when I surface one last time,

I'll say a final farewell (ooh-ooh-ooh)

Final farewell