Watermelon Man Songtext

von Willis Alan Ramsey

Watermelon Man
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Lyrics
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Home I don't want your pork chops
I don't want your turnip greens
I think that I'll pass up the cornbread
?Cause a piece of watermelon is what I need.

And it's so strong ?cause it's been so long
Since I've tasted that dear forbidden fruit.
And my heart sighs as I realize
That that watermelon time is a-gettin? due
And I'm a watermelon man

I can see you, bright eyes
I can see your smile
I can tell by your supper song
That you can drive a sane man wild

With your straw hair flowin? free there
And those big green eyes a-starin? back at me.
But it's just fine when you put your hand in mine
And we lay in the shade of the big magnolia tree
And I'm a watermelon man

Why don't you come to my cabin
Bring your watermelon patch
We'll dance in the meadows
What more could I ask
What more could I ask

Let's go find the covers
Back porch summer's dream
I can't think of many others
That can eat their watermelon the way that they please

And it's a new day,
Watermelons waste away,
And the sun is startin? to rise up over the hill
But it's all right
I haven't lost my appetite
And you know that I'm eatin? those wasted watermelons still
Yes, I am
And I'm a watermelon man
Yes, I'm a watermelon man.