Candid in the Kitchen Lyrics

When was a little boy

I broke my sisters' brand new toy

Told everybody a great big lie

Mama sat back heaved a sigh

Sat me down with a pbj

Said that she had something say

Never tell a great big whopper

Or you're like the devil's chauffer

Mama's way of teaching me my lessons

Sat me down was candid in the kitchen

Delicious food was her gateway

As she gave me words

To help me purge

The error of my ways

When I was older maybe sixteen

I decided school wasn't my scene

So one day I took a small vacation

Went to the lake and do some fishin'

When I came home mama was waiting

Snack on the table she'd been baking

Sat me down me with a couple cookies

Stared at me and said no more hooky

Mama's way of teaching us me lessons

Sat us down and was candid in the kitchen

Delicious food was her gateway

As she gave me words

To help me purge

The error of my ways

Mama had a special way to teach me what was right from wrong

But the lessons that she taught stayed with me

My whole life long

My whole life long

When I got older and had my own life

Mama still cooked and gave me advice

Words to help me keep myself in line

With a special treat with a beer or wine

Mama's way of teaching me my lessons

Sat me down was candid in the kitchen

Delicious food was her gateway

As she gave me words

To help me purge

The error of my ways

Mama's way of teaching me my lessons

Sat me down was candid in the kitchen

Delicious food was her gateway

As she gave me words

To help me purge

The error of my ways