They Covered Up The Old Swimming Hole Lyrics - Bobby Bare

Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns 

Interstate 90 is a sight to behold 

But that monument to progress and engineering skill 

Has covered up the old swimmin' hole 

Thirty feet straight up from where the old hole stood 

They sell twenty kinds of ice cream and the food is good 

But it never can compare with the food for the soul 

You could get for a dip in the old swimmin' hole 

Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep 

Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet 

And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul 

And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole 

A symbol of our great and affluent society Interstate 90 fulfillment of our goals 

But that masterpiece of human ingenuity has covered up the old swimmin' hole 

Gone the wooden schoolhouse the old country store 

The winding dirt road that's winding no more 

And the old swimmin' hole hears the sound of speeding wheels 

Entombed beneath a blanket of concrete and steel 

Oh the old swimmin' hole