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...

It'd been in the family for a whole lotta years so
we knew it was a nourishing thing And I remember
momma as he stirred it in the water and we could
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/wTNall 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...

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... We
were nourished by the wonderful soup stone oh the
wonderful wonderful soup stone