Music Video
WIRE our swimmer 1981
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Wire
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bruce Gilbert
Composer
Grey
Composer
Graham Lewis
Composer
Colin Newman
Composer
Robert Gotobed
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Wire
Producer
Lyrics
Displaying an interest in forward propulsion
Our swimmer glides with no actual motion
The stroke he's using needs timing and skill
The effect is graceful, but the progress is nil
Neither backwards nor sideways, it's part of the thrill
The element he performs in is perfectly still
No problems with friction, it's easy for him
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
He turned head on tail, tail in head
He thinks that this cycle will get him ahead
Leaden-limbed, his state becomes alarming
Progress expected, not forthcoming
The effect is graceful, but the progress is nil
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
And to swim, and to swim, and to swim, and to swim
And to swim, and to swim, and to swim, and to swim
And to swim, and to swim, and to swim, and to swim
And to swim, and to swim, and to swim, and to swim
And to swim, and to swim, and to swim, and to
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim
Written by: Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Grey, Robert Gotobed
