Homegrown Tomatoes

Ain’t nothing in the world that I like better

Than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes

Up in the morning out in the garden, 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

 

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, that's for sure

But there's nothin’ a home-grown 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

You can eat ‘em with beans, pinto or navy, put em on the side, put em in the middle

Put a Home-grown tomato on a hot cake griddle (Chorus)

Now if I could change this life I lead

I’d be a 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

Out in the garden would be much better

Where I could be a pushin' up home-grown tomatoes. (Chorus 2X)