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Verse 1
do you think I am?
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He said. I said, well, I didn't know.
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about eleven months ago.
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poor and bland, good whiskey guy.
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When this old gray black gentleman
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was cleaning up the land.
There wasn't anyone around
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except this old man.
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was watching Ein stein turn key
Thought he'd find it
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He sat down and he opened his mind
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On old dogs and children
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an d watermelon wine
Have you ever had a drink
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They told me all about it,
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boy, didn't answer back
He said there ain't but three things
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in the world worth the
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solitary
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I want to thank Drew Sexton,
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play ing piano with me all year,
he's a gentleman and a scholar
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Willie Os mond on the fiddle,
Jimmy Morrow, my road manager
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who's put up with a lot of hard times
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and the storytellers
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I've had a good time with him
and we'll be back on the road next year
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it all out again,
sing all these songs one more time.
He said, you know,
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they and friends are hard to
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find when they discover
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Mm, let you down, you know that.
He said, son,
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now it's old dogs and children
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an d watermelon wine.
He said, you know, old dogs,
they care about you.
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make mistakes.
God bless little children
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while they're still too young to hear.
And when he moved away,
found my pen
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an d copied down the line.
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Mild old dog s and children
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Well I had to catch a
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plane up to At lanta
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I saw him picking up a chain.
That night, I dreamed in peaceful
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sleep of shady sum mertime,
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of old dogs and children
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and watermelon wires.
brought to you by Schlitz.
Behind every Schlitz,
there's a man who knows his beer.
Live from Gillies
was recorded live
and was produced by Jim Duncan,
in association with Gilley
Technical director, Michael Jordan.
Location audio by Burt Frelow,
Mike Taylor,
Live from Gillies
Executive producer, Norm Pattis.
This is Jim Duncan,
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Live from Gillies!
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