Swimming Upstream Lyrics - Ricky Van Shelton

God bless my daddy, I learned so much from him 

He taught me at an early age I had to sink or swim 

He said, "Boy, that old river of life can wash away your dreams 

But you gotta keep right on kicking and swimming upstream" 

Before I knew it I was out there on the street 

That old gal they call lady luck she wasn't kind to me 

As a matter of fact you could say she was down right mean 

She kept me in way over my head and swimming upstream 

Swimming upstream, swimming upstream 

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream 

Things will get rough, times will get lean 

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream 

Every time I think my ship is comin' in 

That old tide will turn and it'll take me back out again 

If I just lay back and float I'll be in trouble you see 

So I gotta keep working and kicking and swimming upstream 

Swimming upstream swimming upstream 

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream 

Things will get rough, times will get lean 

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream 

Swimming upstream swimming upstream 

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream 

Things will get rough, times will get lean 

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream 

Yeah, the only choice that you got is keep swimming upstream