Cookin' In The Kitchen

Cookin' In The Kitchen
by Jon Cobert & Tom Chapin
© 2002 Red Wagon Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Holiday, holiday, Mama’s been to the store.
Got her motor running, here she comes through the door.
Bags and bags of groceries, we stow it all away.
Company’s a-coming. I know what we’re doing today.
Cookin’ in the kitchen, in the kitchen with you.
Cookin’ in the kitchen, looking in the cookbook too.
Smells so bewitchin’, taste buds are a-twitchin’,
Cookin’ in the kitchen. cookin’ in the kitchen, wahoo!

Get out the pots, get out the pans,
Get out the mixing bowls.
Get out the forks and knives and spoons,
Get ready to rock and roll.
A cup and a pinch and a dash and a squirt. Is that the recipe?
Shove it in the oven and pretty soon… Aroma therapy.
Cookin’ in the kitchen, in the kitchen with you.
Cookin’ in the kitchen, crack another egg or two.
Smells so bewitchin’, taste buds are a-twitchin’,
Cookin’ in the kitchen. messin’ up the kitchen, wahoo!

Rollin’ up the meatballs, garlic and olive oil.
Rinse the rice, add some spice, bring it to a boil.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, check on the casserole.
Spreading icing on the cake, then we lick the bowl.
We’re cookin’... In the kitchen... With you!
Cookin’ in the kitchen... Wahoo!

I’ll get the glasses. I’ll get the plates.
I’ll get the silverware.
Should I go up and clean my room?
Too late, just comb your hair!
Doorbell ring, ding a ling ding ding.
Time to meet and greet.
Hi. Ho. Hey, Hello. “When do we get to eat?”
Cookin’ in the kitchen, in the kitchen with you.
Cookin’ in the kitchen,
And now all the cookin’ is through.
Smells so bewitchin’, taste buds are a-twitchin’,
Kids eat in the kitchen.
Eatin’ in the kitchen, wahoo!
Mmm-mmm!

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Making Good Noise CD.

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