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