Pink Martini - Hang on Little Tomato | Live from Portland - 2005

Excerpted from Pink Martini’s concert DVD release “Discover the World,“ this performance was filmed live in concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland Oregon on December 31, 2005, featuring vocalist China Forbes. “Hang on Little Tomato“ is one of Pink Martini’s most popular songs, and was originally heard as the title track on the band’s second album Hang on Little Tomato. The song was written by bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, lead singer China Forbes, and their friend Patrick Abbey, and was inspired by an ad for Hunt’s Ketchup in a 1964 issue of Life magazine. It’s been especially popular lately as a song of hope. This version features Thomas Lauderdale on the piano, China Forbes on vocals, and Robert Taylor on trombone. LYRICS The sun has left and forgotten me It’s dark, I cannot see Why does this rain pour down I’m gonna drown In a sea Of deep confusion Somebody told me, I don’t know who Whenever you are sad and