(Shel Silverstein)

I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
And the noodles and the marrowbone But it really
wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes And the
wonderful, wonderful soupstone

Hanging from a string in my mama'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
grey There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen,
so whenever things got tight Mama boiled up some
water, put in the stone and said "Let's have
some soup tonight"

And I swear you could taste the chicken and
tomatoes And the noodles and the marrowbone But it
really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

It had been in the family for a whole lotta years,
so we knew it was a nourishing thing And I
remember mama, as she stirred it in the water, and
we could all hear her sing "Its 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 soupstone and everything will be
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And I swear you could taste the chicken and
tomatoes And the noodles and the marrowbone But it
really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

So it carried us all through the darkening days,
'til finally the sunshine came And the soupstone
started into gathering dust, but it hung there
just the same And ever since then the food's been
plenty, but every now and then I find That mama in
the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone, drifts
across my mind

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes And
the noodles and the marrowbone But it really
wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes And the
wonderful, wonderful soupstone

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes And
the noodles and the marrowbone But it really
wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes And the
wonderful, wonderful soupstone

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