Beautiful Swimmers

Beautiful Swimmers Jimmy Buffett (4x) Marilyn Monroe did a night shoot in a pool Posing naked for a Playboy spread She was old, but she still was cool When they wrapped right after midnight And the crew went to the bar Norma Jean just did the backstroke Like she was reaching for a fallen star Beautiful Swimmers Know how to move Slidin’ cross the water like a steel guitar Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove Riding constant currents near and far Standing in a tidal pool Just east of Baltimore Watching little blue crabs Navigate the eastern shore Every bayou stream and river In time runs to the sea Every tadpole, flounder, and softshell Feels the choreography They’re all Beautiful Swimmers They know how to move Sneaking past the draggers and the oyster bars Beautiful Swimmers just feel the groove Painting liquid brush strokes like Renoir I miss my dorsal fin I can’t explain I’m a big fish out of water Dwelling on the coastal plain Now If I was as rich as the Aga Khan I tell you what I would do Buy every man, woman, and child on this planet A mask and a snorkel too Then I’d lead the wild migration Destination Waimea Bay Then we’d splash our way around the world Life is just a water ballet Come on you Beautiful Swimmers Who know how to move Let’s glide across the water like a steel guitar Beautiful Swimmers stay in the groove Catching constant currents near and far