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'Cause everything else is obsolete.
CHORUS
Now a square with a horn, makes 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 Along-haired gig or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
(SOLO)
Everybody wants to be a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at;
While playin' jazz you always have a welcome mat,
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
Everybody wants to be cat.