The Wonderful Soup Stone Lyrics - Dr. Hook

(Shel Silverstein) 

I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes 

And the noodles and the marrowbone 

But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes 

And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone 

Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen, back in the hard time days 

Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple, it was smooth and worn and grey 

There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen, so whenever things got tight 

Mama boiled up some water, put in the stone and said "Let's have some soup tonight" 

And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes 

And the noodles and the marrowbone 

But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes 

And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone 

It had been in the family for a whole lotta years, so we knew it was a nourishing thing 

And I remember mama, as she stirred it in the water, and we could all hear her sing 

"Its a magical stone and as long as we got it, we'll never have a hungry night 

Just add a little love to the wonderful soupstone and everything will be alright" 

And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes 

And the noodles and the marrowbone 

But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes 

And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone 

So it carried us all through the darkening days, 'til finally the sunshine came 

And the soupstone started into gathering dust, but it hung there just the same 

And ever since then the food's been plenty, but every now and then I find 

That mama in the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone, drifts across my mind 

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes 

And the noodles and the marrowbone 

But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes 

And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone 

And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes 

And the noodles and the marrowbone 

But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes 

And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone 

(c)1972 Tro-Essex Music Ltd.