When I was very young I remember mama yelling
Son get your cotton picking fingers out of that cookie jar
Well I'd have all her chairs stacked up like a ladder
It was hard to resist those good looking cookies there on her bar
I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar again
Now it seems I'm gonna pay the price
She warned me once she warned me twice
But I didn't take her advice
I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar again
Middle -4 bars-
Now mother ain't around but I got me a brand new mama
And she don't want me stealing cookies from any cookie jar
Well times may have changed and I may be older
Still it's hard to resist a good looking cookie down at the bar
I'll get caught with my hand in the cookie jar again
Then I know I'm gonna pay the price
She's warned me once she warned me twice
But I didn't take her advice
I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar again