There ain? nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n

home grown tomatoes Up in the mornin', out in the garden

Get you a ripe one, don? pick a hard 'un Plant 'em in the spring, eat 'em in

the summer All winter without 'em is a culinary bummer I forget all about the

sweatinand the digginEvery time I go out and pick me a big 'un Home grown

tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without home grown

tomatoes Only two things that money can? buy

That's true love and home grown tomatoes You can go out to eat an that? for

sure But there? nothina home grown tomatoe won? cure Put 'em in a salad, put

'em in a stew

You can make your own tomatoe juice

You can eat 'em with eggs, eat 'em with gravy You can eat 'em with beans, pinto

or navy Put 'em on the side, put 'em in the middle Home grown tomatoes on a hot

cake griddle Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like

without home grown tomatoes Only two things that money can? buy

That's true love and home grown tomatoes If I? to change this life I lead

You could call me Johnny Tomatoe Seed

'Cause I know what this country needs

Home grown tomatoes in every yard you see When I die don? bury me

In a box in a cold dark cemetery

Out in the garden would be much better

'Cause I could be pushin 'up a home grown tomatoe Home grown tomatoes, home

grown tomatoes What would life be like without home grown tomatoes Only two

things that money can? buy

That's true love and home grown tomatoes

Words and music by Guy Clark