You can cry into the soupbeans, they don’t mind,
making friends with onions has its advantages.
Dice it up, if you’re so inclined,
the coffee’s hot and full of adages,

making friends with onions has its advantages,
the greens are spicy today and agree,
the coffee’s hot and full of adages,
sometimes what you need’s what you can’t see.

The green’s are spicy today and agree
everyone who comes to the table in good faith should grab a plate,
sometimes what you need’s what you can’t see–
like a cure, or pain abating and lifting great weight.

Everyone who comes to the table in good faith should grab a plate,
the sweet tea’s in a listening mood and soothes the soul,
like a cure, or pain abating and lifting great weight.
Let us gather our sorrows with our joys and share the bowl,

the sweet tea’s in a listening mood and soothes the soul.
Empathy tastes like cornbread and stewed tomatoes,
let us gather our sorrows with our joys and share the bowl,
let us drink the present with gusto though never lacking woes.

Empathy tastes like cornbread and stewed tomatoes,
dice it up if you’re so inclined,
let us drink the present with gusto though never lacking woes,
you can cry into the soupbeans, they don’t mind.