This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Higher Ground album, and has also been released on The Gift You Are and The John Denver Collection - Take Me Home, Country Roads albums.

There ain¡¯t nothin ¡®in the world that I like better
Than bacon ¡®n lettuce ¡®n homegrown tomatoes
Up in the mornin¡¯, out in the garden

Get you a ripe one, don¡¯t pick a hard 'un
Plant 'em in the spring, eat ¡®em in the summer
All winter without ¡®em is a culinary bummer
I forget all about the sweatin¡¯ and the diggin¡¯
Every time I go out and pick me a big ¡®un

Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can¡¯t buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes

You can go out to eat an that¡¯s for sure
But there¡¯s nothin¡¯ a homegrown tomatoe won¡¯t cure
Put ¡®em in a salad, put ¡®em in a stew
You can make your own tomatoe juice
You can eat ¡®em with eggs, eat ¡®em with gravy
You can eat ¡®em with beans, pinto or navy
Put 'em on the side, put ¡®em in the middle
Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle

Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can¡¯t buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes

If I¡¯s to change this life I lead
You could call me Johnny Tomatoe Seed
¡®Cause I know what this country needs
Home grown tomatoes in every yard you see
When I die don¡¯t bury me
In a box in a cold dark cemetary
Out in the garden would be much better
¡®Cause I could be pushin ¡®up a home grown tomatoe

Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes
What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things that money can¡¯t buy
That's true love and home grown tomatoes

Words and music by Guy Clark