The Wonderful Soupstone (Shel Silverstein)

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I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
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And the noodles and the marrowbone
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But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone


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Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen, back in the hard time days
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Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple,
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it was smooth and worn and grey
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There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen, so whenever things got tight
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Mama boiled up some water, put in the stone and said 
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"Let's have some soup tonight"

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And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
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And the noodles and the marrowbone
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But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

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It had been in the family for a whole lotta years, 
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so we knew it was a nourishing thing
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And I remember mama, as she stirred it in the water, 
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and we could all hear her sing
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It’s a magical stone and as long as we got it, 
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we'll never have a hungry night
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Just add a little love to the wonderful soupstone 
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and everything will be alright


      F                     C 
And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes
     F                           C
And the noodles and the marrowbone
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But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes
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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone
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And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone.