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They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Jack Clement
 
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Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns
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Interstate 90 is a sight to behold
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But that monument to progress and engineering skill
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Has covered up the old swimmin' hole

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Thirty feet straight up from where the old hole stood
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They sell twenty kinds of ice cream and the food is good
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But it never can compare with the food for the soul
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You could get for a dip in the old swimmin' hole

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Well the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep
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Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet
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And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul
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And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole

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A symbol of our great and affluent society
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Interstate 90 fulfillment of our goals
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But that masterpiece of human ingenuity
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Has covered up the old swimmin' hole

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Gone the wooden schoolhouse the old country store
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The winding dirt road that's winding no more
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And the old swimmin' hole hears the sound of speeding wheels
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Entombed beneath a blanket of concrete and steel

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