Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine Songtext
von Adam Harvey

"How old do you think I am?" he said
I said, "Well, I didn′t know"
He said, "You know, I turned 65 about, oh, 11 months ago"
I was sittin' in Miami, pouring blended whisky down
When this old grey black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge

There wasn′t anyone around, 'xcept this old man and me
The guy who ran the bar was watchin' Ironsides on TV
When, 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
And he told me all about it, though I, I didn′t answer back
He said, "There ain′t but three things in the world that's worth a solitary dime
But old dogs and children and watermelon wine"

He said, "You know, women, they think about ′emselves, well, when menfolk ain't around
And friends are hard to find, when they discover that you′re down"
He said, "Son, I've 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 the 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 pickin′ up my change
And that night, I dreamed, in peaceful sleep, of shady summertime
Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine