Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine - Adam Harvey

作词：Tom T. Hall

作曲：Tom T. Hall

How old do you think I am he said

I said well I didn't know

He said I turned sixty five about

Eleven months ago

I was sitting in miami pouring

Blended whiskey down

When this old gray black gentleman

Was cleaning up the lounge

There wasn't anyone around accept

This old man and me

The guy who ran the bar was

Watching iron sides on tv

Uninvited he sat down and

Opened up his mind

On old dogs and children

And watermelon wine

Ever had a drink of watermelon

Wine he asked

He told me all about it though

I didn't answer back

He siad ain't but three things in this world

That's worth a solitary dime

But old dogs and children

And watermelon wine

He said women think about they selves

When menfolk ain't around

And friends are hard to find

When they discover that you're down

He said I tried it all

When I was young and

In my natural prime

Now it's old dogs and children

And watermelon wine

Old dogs care about you even

When you make mistakes

God bless little children

While they're still too young to hate

When he moved away I found my pen

And copied down that line

Bout old dogs and children

And watermelon wine

I had to catch a plane up to

Atlanta that next day

As I left for my room

I saw him picking up my change

That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep

Of shady summertime

Of old dogs and children and

Watermelon wine