Artist Name
Guy Clark
Album
Better Days
Release
1983
Well there ain't Gnothin' in the world that I like better
Than Cbacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes
D7Up in the morning out in the garden
GGet you a ripe one, do not get a hard 'un
GPlant 'em in the springtime, eat 'em in the summer
All Cwinter without 'em's a culinary bummer
D7I forget all about the sweatin' an' diggin'
GEvery time I go out and D7pick me a big 'un
Chorus
GHomegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,
CWhat'd life be without homegrown tomatoes?
D7Only two things that money can't buy:
GThat's true love and D7homegrown tomatoes.
You can go out to eat, that's for sure
But there's nothin' a home grown tomato won't cure
Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew
Make your own, your very own tomato juice
You can eat 'em with eggs, you can eat 'em with gravy
You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy
Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle
Put a home grown tomato on a hot cake griddle
Now, if I had to trade this life I lead
I'd be Johnny Tomatoseed
'Cause I know what this country needs
It's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see.
But when I die don't bury me
In a box in a box in a cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better
And I'da be a pushin' up the home grown tomatoes.