Homegrown Tomatoes Songtext
von Guy Clark

There ain′t nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin′, out in the garden
Get you a ripe one, don't get a hard one

Plant 'em in the spring, eat ′em in the summer
All winter with out ′em's a culinary bummer
I forget all about the sweatin′ and diggin'
Everytime I go out and pick me a big one

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

Now you can go out to eat and 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


You can eat 'em with eggs, you can 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

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

You can go out to eat and 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 make your very own tomato juice

You can eat 'em with eggs, you can 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

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


Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can′t buy
And that's true love and homegrown tomatoes (yeah)

Thank you all very much! Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer
Fancy time, thank you

This is um, the first time I've played in 35 years, and um...
I start listenin′ to what′s goin' on and I forget what the hell I′m doin'
Let me play this song written by my, maybe my best friend, Townes Van Zandt
Townes is my favorite songwriter and...
′Bout 25, 30 years ago we were both livin' in Houston
He came bangin′ on my door on morning
And proceeded to set up in the corner of my bedroom and...
Performed this song which he had just stayed up all night writin'