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HOME GROWN TOMATOES
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Words and Music by Guy Clark
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Sung by John Denver on the album HIGHER GROUND
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There ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
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Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n home grown tomatoes
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Up in the morning, out in the garden
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Get you a ripe one, don't pick a hard 'un
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Plant 'em in the spring, eat 'em in the summer
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All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer
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I forget all about the sweatin' and the diggin'
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Every time I go out and pick me a big 'un
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Chorus:
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Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
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What would life be without home grown tomatoes
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Only two things that money can't buy
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That's true love and home grown tomatoes
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You can go out to eat an that's for sure
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But there's nothin' a home grown tomato won't cure
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Put 'em in a salad put 'em in a stew
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You can make your own tomato juice
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You can eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy
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You can eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy
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Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle
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Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle
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Chorus:
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If I's to change this life I lead
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You could call me Johnny Tomatoe seed
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'Cause I know what this country needs
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Home grown tomatoes in every yard you see
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When I die don't bury me
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In a box in a cold dark cemetary
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Out in the garden would be much better
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'Cause I could be pushin' up a home grown tomato
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Chorus
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Copyright (C) SBK Songs
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All Rights Reserved
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HOME GROWN TOMATOES
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| John Denver |
