Wonderful Soup Stone — текст песни (Bobby Bare)

(Shel Silverstein)

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.

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...