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The Great Swimming Pool Debate Lyrics by Kevin Kerby

Beautiful & Bright

2009

[Verse 1]
We waged secret wars, in the early summer sun
Shirts verses skin, black cat verses BB gun
And when the police came, we scattered for the trees
Ditched the evidence, and then everyone would freeze
[Chorus]
It was a sweet waste of time
It was a beautiful way to roll
It was a sweet waste of time
It was a beautiful way to roll
[Verse 2]
That old mansion in the sky was packed with girly magazines
We taught ourselves to fly on that Galveston rope swing
We built out own machine, a box fan, a block of ice
Its not as hard as it may seem to live on re-fried beans and rice
[Chorus]
It was a sweet waste of time
It was a beautiful way to roll
It was a sweet waste of time
It was a beautiful way to roll
[Verse 3]
The great swimming pool debate, began in '84
For answers we would wait, but now we wait no more
Great swimming pools they come, and great swimming pools they go
Under water lights they hum, 'cause under water lights they glow
[Chorus]
It was a sweet waste of time
It was a beautiful way to roll
It was a sweet waste of time
And that's how I built my soul
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Kevin Kerby

Kevin Kerby

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