The Wonderful Soup Stone

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 wadn'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 wadn'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 wadn'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 wadn'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

The Wonderful Soup Stone - Bobby Bare