Wonderful Soup Stone

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I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

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And the noodles and the marrowbone

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But it really wasn't nothin’ but some water and potatoes

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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone.

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Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen,

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Back in the hard time days

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Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple,

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It was smooth and worn and grey

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There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen,

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So whenever things got tight

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Mama’d boil up some water, put in the stone and say

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"Let's have some soup tonight"

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And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

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And the noodles and the marrowbone

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But it really wasn't nothin’ but some water and potatoes

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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone.

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It had been in the family for a whole lotta years,

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So we knew it was a nurturing thing

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And I remember mama, as she stirred it in the water,

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And we could all hear her say

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"It’s a magical stone and as long as we got it,

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We'll never have a hungry night

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Just add a little love to the wonderful soupstone

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And everything will be alright"

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And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

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And the noodles and the marrowbone

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But it really wasn't nothin’ but some water and potatoes

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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone.

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So it carried us all through the darkening days

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‘til finally the sunshine came

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And the soupstone started in to gathering dust

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But if hung there just the same

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And ever since then, the food’s been plenty

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But every now and then I find

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That mama, in the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone
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Drifts across my mind

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And again, I can taste the chicken and tomatoes
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And the noodles and the marrowbone
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But it really wasn't nothin’ but some water and potatoes
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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone.