Watermelon Dream Lyrics - Guy Clark

The sun was hot and the dust rose up like smoke 

So we hid beneath the elm tree and watched the watermelons float 

There in a big 'ol tub of ice 

And we'd split em open with a kitchen knife 

And everybody had a slice it was a watermelon dream 

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Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream 

'Cept sittin on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream 

When life is really sweeter than it seems 

That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream 

With sticky hands and and faces we fought the yellow-jackets to a draw 

Then we used the rind for second base and played a little hard ball 

I don't know how much we ate 

But we all got the belly-ache 

And everybody stayed up wat too late 

It was a watermelon dream 

[Chorus]