Oldest Piranha in the Lane

I was there when the pool lights flickered on

Morning fog still hanging while the day was young

I tied my cap with a weathered grin

Oldest kid on the deck, but I still jumped in

Port Aux Basque air, cold as steel

But we swam like fire, we made it real

The younger ones laughed when I checked my lane

Till I turned and cut the water like a freight train

And I know these bones got a little more to say

But the heart still beats like it did back in the day

When the whistle blew and the whole world shook

We were all one team with one hard look

We were the Port Aux Basque Piranhas, bite down hard

Racing through the blue like we’d been branded from the start

I was the oldest one, but I wore that scar

Like a hometown badge and a swimming star

Oh, we were young, loud, wild, and free

With salt in our hair and dreams in the sea

Port Aux Basque Piranhas, remember our flame

I’m still proud to say I swam that name

I saw new faces come, I saw old friends go

Heard the slap of hands on the locker room floor

Some days we lost, some days we won

But every single lap felt like we’d outrun

The weather, the doubts, the voices that said

You’re too slow now, old man, better stay in bed

But I’d pull on my suit and I’d lace up tight

For one more race in the Saturday light

And I know these bones got a little more to say

But the heart still beats like it did back in the day

When the whistle blew and the whole world shook

We were all one team with one hard look

We were the Port Aux Basque Piranhas, bite down hard

Racing through the blue like we’d been branded from the start

I was the oldest one, but I wore that scar

Like a hometown badge and a swimming star

Oh, we were young, loud, wild, and free

With salt in our hair and dreams in the sea

Port Aux Basque Piranhas, remember our flame

I’m still proud to say I swam that name

Now I stand by the rail when the evenings fall

Hear the echoes of my footsteps in the hall

I see my younger self in every line and scar

Still chasing that finish, still reaching far

If time takes the speed, it can’t take the fight

I’ve been a Piranha all my life

We were the Port Aux Basque Piranhas, bite down hard

Racing through the blue like we’d been branded from the start

I was the oldest one, but I wore that scar

Like a hometown badge and a swimming star

Oh, we were young, loud, wild, and free

With salt in our hair and dreams in the sea

Port Aux Basque Piranhas, remember our flame

I’m still proud to say I swam that nameSo if you hear that whistle in the wind tonight

That’s my old heart still ready to fight

Oldest Piranha, still in the lane

Forever part of the Port Aux Basque name