Years ago I somehow stumbled across Guy Clark's song "Homegrown Tomatoes". I believe I was listening to CKUA at the time. I remember, I was driving home from a long day being a substitute teacher, it was summer and when I heard the song - I thought to myself: OMG that is so true. There is nothing in the world like homegrown tomatoes.
Often when I am having my tomato bun at breakfast I catch myself singing this song:
YOU MUST LISTEN TO HIM SING:
http://youtu.be/1-QzLIjL1u4
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 with out `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 site 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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I don't think I have ever loved tomatoes as much as I have this year - and I've grown tomatoes for years.
Today I'm making tabbouleh and fresh salsa.
There's nothing in the world that I like better.....
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