{"id":55564,"date":"2026-09-19T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55564"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:22:34","slug":"now-were-cookin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/19\/now-were-cookin\/","title":{"rendered":"Now We&#8217;re Cookin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Swampy Electric Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nCome on in&#8230;<br \/>\n(Again and again!)<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s cookin&#8217;?<br \/>\n(Where to begin?)<\/p>\n<p>Turn it up!<br \/>\n(Turn it up!)<br \/>\nFeel the heat&#8230;<br \/>\n(Feel the beat!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a little fire in the kitchen<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a little smoke around<br \/>\nSomething&#8217;s bubbling in the pot<br \/>\nRattlin&#8217; n&#8217; rumblin&#8217;&#8230;  making sound<\/p>\n<p>Stir it once and stir it twice<br \/>\nLet the temperature climb<br \/>\nEverybody&#8217;s getting hungry<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re running out of time<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHeat it up&#8230;<br \/>\n(Heat it up!)<br \/>\nTurn it higher&#8230;<br \/>\n(Higher n&#8217; higher!)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that smell?<br \/>\n(Oh, well!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nCome on in<br \/>\n(Again and again)<br \/>\nBegin<br \/>\n(The cookin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, why not?<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s gettin&#8217; hot)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Scorchin&#8217;)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPut a little more in the skillet<br \/>\nPut another log on the fire<br \/>\nSomeone says, \u201cA little hotter!\u201d<br \/>\nAnother says, \u201cTake it higher!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steam is rising from the kettle<br \/>\nPressure building in the lid<br \/>\nAnother wants another<br \/>\nNobody seeks what the heat did<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nCome on in<br \/>\n(Again and again)<br \/>\nBegin<br \/>\n(The cookin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, why not?<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s gettin&#8217; hot)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Scorchin&#8217;)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHot!<br \/>\n(Hot!)<\/p>\n<p>Hotter!<br \/>\n(Hotter!)<\/p>\n<p>Forgot?<br \/>\n(Too hot!)<br \/>\nWhy?<br \/>\n(For naught!)<\/p>\n<p>Again!<br \/>\n(Again!)<\/p>\n<p>Again!<br \/>\n(Again!)<\/p>\n<p>And again!<br \/>\n(Again!)<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s for dinner?<br \/>\n(Eat the heat!)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s for dessert?<br \/>\n(Desert!)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the recipe?<br \/>\n(Taste and see!)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the answer?<br \/>\n(Tasty?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental: Heavy Swamp-Blues Groove \u2014 Distorted Guitar, Organ, Bass, Drums, Saxophone]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nCome on in<br \/>\n(Again and again)<br \/>\nBegin<br \/>\n(The cookin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, why not?<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s gettin&#8217; hot)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Scorchin&#8217;)<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;<br \/>\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;!<br \/>\n(Oh, yeah!)<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;!<br \/>\n(Forgot &#8220;Too damn hot!&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nCome on in&#8230;<br \/>\n(Come on in&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s cookin&#8217;?<br \/>\n(You!)<br \/>\n&#8230; and me, too<\/p>\n<p>Again&#8230;<br \/>\n(And again&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re cookin&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Scorchin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Full-Blown\/\">Full Blown<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Swampy Electric Guitar, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone] [Intro] Come on in&#8230; (Again and again!) What&#8217;s cookin&#8217;? (Where to begin?) Turn it up! (Turn it up!) Feel the heat&#8230; (Feel the beat!) [Verse 1] There&#8217;s a little fire in the kitchen There&#8217;s a little smoke around Something&#8217;s bubbling in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55565,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions\/55565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}