Marilyn Monroe
did a night shoot in a pool
Posin' 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 reachin'
for a fallin' star
Beautiful swimmers
know how to move
Slidin' cross the water
like a steel guitar
Beautiful swimmers
stay in the groove
Ridin' constant currents
near and far
Standin' in a tidal pool
just east of Baltimore
Watchin' 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
Beautiful swimmers
They know how to move
Sneakin' past the draggers
and the oyster bars
Beautiful swimmers
just feel the groove
Paintin' liquid brush strokes
like Renoir
I miss my dorsal fin
I can't explain
I'm a big fish out of water
Dwellin' on the coastal plain
Now if I was as rich
as the Aga Khan
I'd 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
You know how to move
Let's glide across the water
like a steel guitar
Beautiful swimmers
stay in the groove
Catchin' constant currents
near and far