Homegrown Tomatoes

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HOMEGROWN TOMATOES  words & music by Guy Clark
(c) Arrangement by Misty River ASCAP, Dana Key of G

Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin', out in the garden
Get ya a ripe one, don't get a hard one.
Plant 'em in the spring, eat 'em in the summer
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer
I forget all about the sweatin' and diggin'
Every time I go out and pick me a big one

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Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can't buy
And that's true love & homegrown tomatoes

You can go out to eat, that's for sure
But it's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure
Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew
You can make your very own tomato juice

Eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy
Eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy
Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle
Put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle

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If I's to change this life I lead, I'd be a Johnny Tomato Seed
'Cause I know what this country needs, Homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see.
When I die don't bury me, In a box in a cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better, I could be pushin' up homegrown tomatoes

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