How old do you think I am?
He said, and I said, I don't know.
He said I turned 65
about 11 months ago.
I was sitting in Miami
pouring blended whiskey down
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when this old gray black gentleman
was cleaning up the lounge.
No one else was in the place,
except this old man and me.
The guy behind the bar
was watching Ironsides on TV.
So uninvited, he sat down
and he just opened up his mind
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On old dogs and children
and watermelon wine
Ever had a drink of watermelon wine,
he asked
And he told me all about it,
though I never answered back
Ain't but three things in this world,
he said with a solitary dine,
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and that's old dogs and children
and watermelon wine.
Now, women folks,
they think of themselves
when men folks ain't around.
And it's hard to find a friend
when they discover that you're down.
He said, I'd done it all when I was young
and in my natural prime,
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but now it's old dogs and children
and watermelon wine.
Old dogs, you know,
they still care about you,
even though you made mistakes.
And God bless the little children
while they're still too young to hate.
As he moved away, I found my pen,
and I jotted down that line
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about old dogs and chil dren
and watermelon wine.
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I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta
that next day.
As I started for my room
I saw him picking up my change,
but that night I dreamed in peaceful sleep
and about shady summertime
and about old old dogs and children
and watermelon wine.
About old dogs and children
an d watermelon wine.
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