Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto.

The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Greg Millson on drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland on violin and backing vocals.

"Music is interesting because it brings people together, and the more that I do this the more I realize the importance to that."
~ Tony Dekker, Great Lake Swimmers

Catcher Song (by Tony Dekker)

Well the ropes are taut,
And the stories have all been caught.
There's a frost-cover drawn on the shore,
And the catcher still seems to want more.

Through the reel and through the unreal,
It's not what you see but what you feel,
And what transpires here,
And what I hear transpires.

And it falls, falls, falls.
And it falls, falls, falls.
It rises up, it rises up.
And it falls, falls, falls.

I just want to break even.
I just want to pass on through,
Like a ghost through a household tune,
Under light of the early dusk hues.

Navigating and dealing extremes
Is not what at first it seems;
But I keep my ship tight and true,
For the next time that I will see you.

And it falls, falls, falls.
And it falls, falls, falls.
It rises up, it rises up.

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