The wonderful soupstone

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But it really was nothing but some water and potatoes

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and the wonderful wonderful soupstone.

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1. Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen,

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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,

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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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2. 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 !"

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3. So it carried us all through the darkening days,

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'til finally the sunshine came,

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and the soupstone started into gathering dust,

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but it hung there just the same.

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And ever since then the food's been plenty,

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but every now and then I find

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that mama in the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone,

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drifts across my mind.

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And again I can 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.

+ repeat CHORUS

(Dr. Hook)