Willis Alan Ramsey
 Watermelon Man


 I don’t want your pork chops
 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
 A 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.