You were born on a day of flood Pier was sunk and the water kept rising And all through the night your mother fought Then you swam out, Barely crying Oh you're the swimmer You're the swimmer And I, a bird in the sky And I, a bird in the sky You were born with hands rough And a heart, clean and strong And I was born dying With a heart familiar with flying Oh you're the swimmer You're the swimmer And I, a bird in the sky And I, a bird in the sky And the bird may love the fish, But where, where will they live? Oh yes, the bird may love the fish, But where will they live? You were born in a thunderstorm That struck the land, rolling from the ocean And I was born in October To the color and the cold The sun was shining Oh you're the swimmer You're the swimmer And I, a bird in the sky And I, a bird in the sky