Songwriter: Shel Silverstein
Producer: Ron Haffkine
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
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
more tracks from the album
Greatest Hits (1995)
- Carry Me, Carrie
- Hey, Lady Godiva
- If I’d Only Come and Gone
- Makin’ It Natural
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- Stayin’ Song
- Life Ain’t Easy
- Marie Lavaux
- Turn On The World
- Looking for Pussy
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- Acapulco Goldie
- Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball
- The Wonderful Soup Stone
- Penicillin Penny
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Queen of the Silver Dollar
- The Things I Didn’t Say
- Last Mornin’
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Four Years Older Than Me
- Get My Rocks Off
From the albums
- Belly Up! (1973)
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon (1975)
- Greatest Hits (1995) (1995)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain