Everybody wants to be a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at.
Everybody's picking up on that feline beat,
'Cause everything else is obsolete.
A square with a horn
Makes you wish you weren't born,
Everytime he plays
With a square in the act,
You 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.
Everybody
Wants to be a cat
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at.
A square with that horn,
Makes you wish you weren't born,
Everytime he plays;
And with a square in the act,
He's gonna set this music back
To the caveman days.
Everybody wants to be a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at;
While playing jazz you always has a Welcome mat,
'Cause everybody digs a swinging cat.
Everybody digs a swinging cat.
