Slow Food - Greg Brown

People want that slow food

Two minutes and they grouch

But give me ham baked all day long

And help me to the couch

Help me to the sofa

Put the quiet music on

I will lie and think about that ham

Long after it is gone

I want some slo-o-o-o-ow food

I don’t want no food with cute names

No neon on a sign

A man can’t live on advertising slogans

And conceptual design

Let somebody else go surf and turf

Someone else go carry out

Me, I want my food to know itself

Before it knows my mouth

I want some slo-o-o-o-ow food

With all the love cooked in

Why don’t we start it in the mornin'

Leave us plenty of time for lovin'

Weekend homemade hot fresh bread

Make the whole house smell like an oven

And let it all just simmer

Cook in the good juices and the greases

Then we’ll sit down at the table, baby

And slowly tear it into pieces

I want some slo-o-o-o-ow food

What’s the big rush…/Don't want no hard-hearted Hardee’s, no

Muck-muck-muck-muck-donald's…I want a chef, not a clown, to make my

Food…/it can even be tofu with the right kinda sauce…/blahblahblah-

I want some slo-o-o-o-ow food

With all the love cooked in