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 sliece it was a watermelon dream 



Chorus 



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 



Then a little after sundown we'd be runnin out of steam 

So we'd light a roman candle and try to hold on tho the dream 

Maybe slip out behind a car 

Take a little tastes from a jar 

Then just lay back and count the stars 

That's called a watermelon dream