Origin

so, you're probably wondering where i got the title "home grown tomatoes." little did i know that a simple song from my childhood would become one of my favorite memories. im sure you all know of those certain songs, smells, sights, people, etc., that just bring you back to a certain place in time. and this just happens to be one of mine.

i think it was sometime back in elementary school when we lived on marye st. in alexandria, la. it was one of those days when dad was working outside, mom was inside cleaning, and i was probably following molly around the yard doing whatever she did, because that was my job. on those kind of days, mom would haul out the "boom box" and put it in the window so it could be heard inside or out. and on this particular day, i guess the cassette tape of choice was guy clark and james taylor (that's right, we had a boom box for TWO cassette tapes). of course i didnt know who guy clark was, but i know i loved his song about homegrown tomatoes and how much fun dad had singing along with it. i think i listened to it a few more times after that, and next thing i knew, i was dancing to it at my wedding with dad for the father/daughter song. i know you might think it's an interesting choice, but man it was fun!

so i dont know. i guess "home grown tomatoes" just kinda grew on me for some reason. i do, in fact, like home grown tomatoes, but i love the rudimentary nature of the lyrics! i know it's nothing deep or anything worth analyzing, and i think that's why i like it so much. it's just simple. and it's just some part of an old random memory that has grown into something memorable. so thus is how "home grown tomatoes" kinda became part of my identity.