Everybody wants to be a cat
Because the 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'Cause everything else is obsolete.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 everbody wants to be a cat
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 stone-age days.
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where its at;
While playin' jazz you always has a welcome mat
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat
Everbody digs a swingin' cat!