Bobby Bare - Wonderful Soup Stone lyrics

I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes And the noodles and the marrow bone But it really wasn't nothin' but some water and potatoes And the wonderful wonderful soup stone. Hangin' from a string in my momma's kitchen Back in the hard time days Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple It was smooth and worn and gray. There wasn't much food in my momma's kitchen So whenever things got tight Momma'd boil up some water put in the stone Say let's have some soup tonight. And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes And the noodles and the marrow bone But it really wasn't nothin' but some water and potatoes And the wonderful wonderful soup stone. It'd been in the family for a whole lotta years So we knew it was a nourishing thing And I remember momma as she stirred it in the water And we could all hear her sing. It's a magical stone and as long as we got it We'll never have a hungry night Just add a little love to the wonderful soup stone And everything'll be all right. And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes And the noodles and the marrow bone But it really wasn't nothin' but some water and potatoes And the wonderful wonderful soup stone. So it carried us all through the darkenin' days Till finally the sunshine came And the soup stone started in a gatherin' dust But it hung there just the same. But ever since then Lord the food's been plenty And ever now and then I find That momma in the kitchen and the wonderful soup stone Drifts across my mind. And again I'd taste, taste the chicken and tomatoes And the noodles and the marrow bone But it really wasn't nothin' but some water and potatoes And the wonderful wonderful soup stone. We were nourished by the wonderful soup stone. Oh, the wonderful, wonderful soup stone...