Name: Too Many Cooks!
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: Written because of the glut of TV chefs. But you can't SMELL the food can you?

Too Many Cooks!

from But is it Folk, Miranda? (Full Album) by Dave Taylor

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Written because of the glut of TV chefs. But you can't SMELL the food can you?

lyrics

Too Many Cooks

My TV woke me from my sleep
A man in a rainbow shirt called Felipe
Cooking up a frizzle for all he's worth
Dishing up a storm from the corners of the earth
He can slice that carrot like a man possessed
Saying " Buy my book, you can be the best."

Switch the channel there's a helicopter man,
Playing a concerto for the frying pan
Ingredients your grandma would never ever dream saying
"Hey, look at me, I'm a personality!"
Or an actress well past my sell by date
But I'll hand you the world on a dinner plate

And what can the government do?
To keep the customers satisfied
Your dreams can't ever come true,
It's wishful thinking and it's cold outside
Too many cooks, too many cooks
Too many pages in the recipe books
Delia's gone, Fanny and Johnny adieu
And they just don't make 'em like they used to do..

When all's said and done it's a total disgrace
Continents starve while we're stuffing our face
One can only hope that God forgives
Seeing how the other half lives
When the rains don't come and the harvest fails
Felipe's off to capture migrating quails

"Put it in the oven,Eric!"

And what can the government do�

credits

from But is it Folk, Miranda? (Full Album), track released January 1, 2012
The late (Uncle) Erik Dryden playing his home made stratocaster on lead guitar.

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Dave Taylor Leicester, UK

I write both serious and comedy songs. 6 solo CDs to date and collaborations with Steve Cartwright -"Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire". "All at Sea" shantyish album. Folk based for the most part - when people ask where the ideas come from I can say with honesty -"not drugs!!".. Currently working on a new album "Aspects of Lurve" hopefully out later in 2024. ... more