《Old Dogs， Children and Watermelon Wine》歌词

[00:00:00] Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine - John Prine/Mac Wiseman

[00:00:14] How old do you think I am

[00:00:17] Well I didn't know

[00:00:23] I turned 65 about 11 months ago

[00:00:30] I was sittin' in Miami pouring blended whiskey down

[00:00:40] When this old gray

[00:00:41] Black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge

[00:00:51] There wasn't anyone around except this old man and me

[00:01:00] The guy who ran the bar was watching ironside on tv

[00:01:10] Uninvited he sat down and opened up his mind

[00:01:18] On old dogs and children and watermelon wine

[00:01:30] "Ever had a drink of watermelon wine " he asked

[00:01:39] He told me all about it though I didn't answer back

[00:01:48] "Ain't but three things in this world

[00:01:52] That's worth a solitary dime

[00:01:57] But old dogs and children and watermelon wine "

[00:02:09] He said "women think about themselves

[00:02:13] When men folk ain't around

[00:02:18] And friends are hard to come back

[00:02:21] When they discover that you're down "

[00:02:27] I tried it all

[00:02:28] When I was young and in my natural prime

[00:02:35] Now it's old dogs and children and watermelon wine "

[00:02:59] "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes

[00:03:09] God bless little children

[00:03:12] While they're still to young to hate "

[00:03:16] When he moved away I found my pen

[00:03:21] And copied down that line

[00:03:26] About old dogs and children and watermelon wine

[00:03:38] I had to catch a plane up to atlanta that next day

[00:03:47] As I left for my room I saw him picking up my change

[00:03:56] That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime

[00:04:05] Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine

[00:04:17] Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine