There's nothin' in the world that I like better than
Bacon, lettuce and home grown tomatoes
Up in the morning and out in the garden
Lord get you a ripe one, don't get a hard 'un.
Plant 'em in the spring eat 'em in the summer,
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer.
I forget all about the sweatin and the diggin
Every time I go out and pick me a big'un.
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
You can go out and eat'em that's for sure,
But there's nothin a home grown tomato won't cure
You can put em in a salad, put em in a stew
You can make your own, your very own tomato juice
You can eat em with eggs, you can eat em with gravy
You can eat em with beans, pinto or navy
Put em on the side, put em on the middle
Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
If I could change this life I lead,
I could be Johnny Tomato Seed
I know what this country needs,
It's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cemetery
Put me out in the garden would be much better
Hell I could be pushin up a home grown tomatoes.
Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes,
What'd life be without home grown Tomatoes,
There's only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love and home grown tomatoes.
Homegrown Tomatoes, by The Blue Dogs
OMG, thank you for those lyrics. Years ago when I was in the process of a marriage ending I wound up stranded in Tennessee with 2 young boys. I worked picking tomatoes for a few months to get enough money to get home. I picked tomatoes from dawn till dusk with the 2 boys playing in the rows close by. I was sunburned, tired, emotionally drained and absolutely sick of tomatoes. I often slept with a portable radio on and one night I woke up hearing that song. I thought to myself, “my gosh, I’m even dreaming of tomatoes in my sleep.” I managed to save enough money by end of summer to get a bus up north to my home and get an apartment and found a job at a local university. I never heard that song again and figured I’d just dreamed it.