Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better
Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes.
Up in the mornin' out in the garden,
Get you a ripe one, don't get a hard one.
Plant 'em in the spring, eat 'em in the summer.
All winter without 'em's a culinary bummer.
I forget all about the sweatin' & diggin'
Every time I go out & pick me a big one.
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,
What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes?
Only two things that money can't buy:
That's true love & homegrown tomatoes.
You can go out to eat & that's for sure,
But it's nothin' a homegrown tomato won't cure.
Put 'em in a salad, put 'em in a stew,
You can make your very own tomato juice.
Eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy,
Eat 'em with beans, pinto or navy.
Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle,
Put a homegrown tomato on a hotcake griddle.
If I's to change this life I lead
I'd be Johnny Tomato Seed,
'Cause I know what this country needs:
Homegrown 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;
I could be pushin' up homegrown tomatoes.


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