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lirik lagu timothy ashburn - the watermelon man (reprise)

the watermelon man (reprise)

just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come

o, the watermelon man . . . the lord took him to the promised land
you could tell where he was going by where he’d been
yes and the watermelon man . . . sitting singing in the promised land . .
please bring me one more melon when you can. please bring me one more melon when you can

he used to come almost every day, while mother was away. he’d sit me on his knee and share a laugh or two
recounting all the years . . . he would smile in tears . . . recounting all those years that we had lived this way
recounting all those years that we had lived this way

just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . knew beginnings come

black grease lived beneath his fingernails . . . and hid beneath the crack~lines of his skin . . . to keep him warm
while his shirts were always torn . . . and his shoes were mostly worn . . . i tell you, that man, he had a clean face
i tell you, that man, he had a clean face

one summer when the flies would blacken our old screen door, he came sweating, bleeding, beaten until his eyes swelled shut
i gave him ice and soup . . . and . . . he was sorry for where he’d stooped to . .
then mom came home and he sneaked out through the alley cans
then mom came home and he sneaked out through the alley cans
just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come

once he met me walking home from school . . . and it was cold. he gave up his gray ripped jacket . . . and i felt warm
i watched him scurry off . . . his armed locked, he shivered and coughed. to this day, i still do wonder where he could have gone
to this day, i still do wonder where he could have gone

just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come

nearly every summer day, he’d bring a melon by . . . and stay
his laugh could surely sing . . . o how he’d laugh sometimes
reading scriptures from the bible . . . he seemed much like a disciple . . . sitting on our milkbox . . . mostly drunk and sad
sitting on our milkbox . . . mostly drunk and sad

just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come

one june day i waited . . . mostly four hours or more . . . waiting for his worn shoes to scuff on up
a melon he might bring me . . . and hug me until he’d wring me . . . and his eyes would squint up in a big ole grin
and his blue eyes, they would squint up in a big ole grin
but i waited . . . yes, and all that day i waited . . . watching flies feast on the rinds in the garbage cans . .
and mom came home . . . crying. and mom came home . . . crying. and mom came home . . . crying

just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come
just for this night . . . make me “empty” please
for from these “nothings” . . . new beginnings come

- lirik lagu timothy ashburn

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