Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

from Rough Magic by Michael Derning & Mia Arends

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Written by Floyd Huddleston & Al Rinker

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Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
'cause everything else is obsolete

Now a square with a horn
Can make you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays;
And with a square in the act
He can set music back
To the caveman days

I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
But a cat's the only cat
Who knows how to swing
Who wants to dig
A long-haired gig
Or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat

A square with that horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays;
And with a square in the act
He's gonna set this music back
To the Stone Age days

Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at;
While playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat
Everybody digs a swingin' cat

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from Rough Magic, released July 19, 2019

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