Lyrics

I CAN SWIM
(LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN)

V1
OLD MAN OUT PLOWIN? COTTON, AHEAD AT THE END OF THE ROW
TWO BANK SUITS IN A CADILLAC, SAID THERE 'S TWO MONTHS LEFT ON YOUR NOTE
THREE YEARS OF FLOOD AND THE MARKETS BEEN ROUGH, BETTER SELL US YOUR FARM BEFORE IT?S TOO LATE
WITH A SINGLE FINGER GOOD DAY SALUTE, THE OLD MAN SMILED AS HE WALKED AWAY?

CHORUS
(AND SAID) I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN
IF YOU THINK I?M JUST GONNA GIVE UP, YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN
SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, WE?LL SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP
I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN

V2
(WALKED IN THAT) SMALL TOWN BANK A MONTH LATER, PARKED HIS OL' TRACTOR OUTSIDE
TOLD THE TWO SUITS I WAS DRILLIN? FOR WATER, ?STEAD I HIT OIL THIS TIME
SO ALL YOUR PLANS TO PUT A MALL ON MY LAND, I GUESS WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT
I?M PAYIN' YOU OFF NOW YOU CAN CALL ME BOSS, CAUSE I BOUGHT OVER HALF YOUR BANK TODAY?

CHORUS
(LIKE I TOLD YOU) I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN
IF YOU THINK I?M JUST GONNA? GIVE UP, YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN
SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, WE?LL SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP
I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN

BRIDGE
THERE?LL ALWAYS BE RAINY SKIES AND PLENTY OF CHANCES TO COMPROMISE
BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA? STAND AND FIGHT AND LOOK THE STORM IN THE EYE

CHORUS
(AND SAY) I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN
IF YOU THINK I?M JUST GONNA GIVE UP, YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN
SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, WE?LL SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP
I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN

TAG
YEAH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, WE?LL SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP
I CAN SWIM LONGER THAN YOU CAN RAIN
(GO AHEAD AND RAIN - I CAN SWIM)



©2003

WRITTEN BY:
RON STEVENS
JERRY BLACKBURN