"How old do you think I am?"
"Well, I don't know."
"I turned 65 about 11 months ago."
I was sittin' in Miami, pouring blended whiskey down
When this old gray, black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge.
There wasn't anyone around, 'cept this old man and me.
The guy who ran the bar was watching Ironsides on TV.
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine.
"Have you ever had a drink of watermelon wine," he asked.
He told me all about it, though I didn't answer back.
"Ain't but three things in life worth a solitary dime,
That's old dogs and children and watermelon wine."
He said, "Women think about theyselves, when their men-folk ain't around.
And friends are hard to come by when they discover that you're down.
"You know, 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 to young to hate."
When he moved away I found my pen, and I copied down that line
About 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.
Old dogs and children and watermelon wine.
"Well, I don't know."
"I turned 65 about 11 months ago."
I was sittin' in Miami, pouring blended whiskey down
When this old gray, black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge.
There wasn't anyone around, 'cept this old man and me.
The guy who ran the bar was watching Ironsides on TV.
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine.
"Have you ever had a drink of watermelon wine," he asked.
He told me all about it, though I didn't answer back.
"Ain't but three things in life worth a solitary dime,
That's old dogs and children and watermelon wine."
He said, "Women think about theyselves, when their men-folk ain't around.
And friends are hard to come by when they discover that you're down.
"You know, 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 to young to hate."
When he moved away I found my pen, and I copied down that line
About 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.
Old dogs and children and watermelon wine.