OLD DOGS CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE By Tom T. Hall ------------------------------------- G C Am I WAS SITTING IN MIAMI POURING BLENDED WHISKY DOWN C G D G WHEN THIS OLD GREY BLACK GENTLEMAN WAS CLEANING UP THE LOUNGE G C Am THERE WASN'T ANYONE AROUND BUT THIS OLD MAN AND ME D C D G THE GUY WHO TENDED BAR WAS WATCHING IRONSIDES ON TV G C Am UNINVITED, HE SAT DOWN AND OPENED UP HIS MIND C G D G ON OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN, AND WATERMELLON WINE.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DRINK OF WATERMELLON WINE HE ASKED HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT THOUGH I DIDN'T ANSWER BACK AIN'T BUT THREE THINGS IN LIFE THAT'S WORTH A SOLITARY DIME THAT'S OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN, AND WATERMELLON WINE.
HE SAID WOMEN THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES WHEN THEIR MENFOLK AREN'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 WATERMELLON WINE.
HE SAID OLD DOGS CARE ABOUT YOU EVEN WHEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES GOD BLESS LITTLE CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE STILL TOO YOUNG TO HATE AS HE MOVED AWAY I GOT MY PEN AND COPIED DOWN THAT LINE ON OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELLON WINE.
I HAD TO CATCH A PLANE UP TO ATLANTA THE NEXT DAY AS I LEFT FOR MY ROOM I SAW HIM PICKING UP MY CHANGE THAT NIGHT I DREAMED IN PEACEFULL SLEEP OF SHADY SUMMER TIMES OF OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELLON WINE.