I said, well, I didn't know.
He said, you know, I turned sixty -five about,
pourin' blended whiskey down
When this old gray black gentleman
was cleaning up the lounge
There wasn't anyone around
except this old man and me
was watching Ironsides on TV
When uninvited, he sat down
Have you ever had a drink
And he told me all about it,
though I didn't answer back
He said, there ain't but three
that's worth a solitary dime
But old dogs and children
they think about themselves
Well, when menfolk ain't around
And friends are hard to find
When they discover that you're down
He said, son, I tried it all when I was young
Now it's old dogs and children
even when you make mistakes
God bless little children
while they're still too young to hate
About old dogs and children
I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta
I saw him picking up my change
Our whole dogs and children