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 SITTIN' IN MIAMI
POURIN' BLENDED
WHISKEY DOWN
WHEN THIS OLD GRAY
BLACK GENTLEMAN
WAS CLEANIN' UP
THE LOUNGE
THERE WASN'T
ANYONE AROUND
'CEPT THIS OLD MAN
AND ME
THE GUY
WHO RAN THE BAR
WAS WATCHIN'
IRONSIDES 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
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
THEYSELVES
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
4 BAR
BREAK
I HAD TO CATCH
A PLANE UP TO ATLANTA
THAT NEXT DAY
AS I LEFT MY ROOM
I SAW HIM PICKIN' UP
MY CHANGE
THAT NIGHT I DREAMED
IN PEACEFUL SLEEP
OF SHADY SUMMERTIME
OF OLD DOGS
AND CHILDREN
AND WATERMELON
WINE