Wonderful Soup Stone Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
Wonderful Soup Stone
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Shel Silverstein
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swear you could taste the
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chicken and tomatoes
And the
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noodles and the marrow
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bone
But it
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really wadn't nothin' but some
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water and potatoes
And the
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wonderful wonderful
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soup
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Hangin' from a string in my momma's kitchen
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Back in the hard time
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days
Was a little ol' stone bout the size of an apple
It was
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smooth and worn and
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gray
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There wadn't much food in my momma's kitchen
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whenever things got
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tight
Momma'd
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boil up some water
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put in the stone
Say
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let's have some soup to
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night
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It'd been in the family for a whole lotta years
So we
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knew it was a nourishin'
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thing
And I remember momma as she stirred it in the water
And
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we could all hear her
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sing
It's a
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magical stone and as long as we got it
We'll
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never have a hungry
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night
Just
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add a little love to the
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wonderful soup stone
And
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every thing'll be all
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right
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So it carried us all through the darkenin' days
Till
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finally the sunshine
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came
And the soup stone started in a gatherin' dust
But it
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hung there just the
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same
But ever since then Lord the food's been plenty
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ever now and then I
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find
That
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momma in the kitchen and the
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wonderful soup stone
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Drifts across my
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mind
Repeat #1 And again I'd taste...
We were
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nourished by the wonderful
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soup
stone
Oh the
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wonderful wonderful
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soup
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Wonderful Soup Stone?
- The song Wonderful Soup Stone was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
