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Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat (Original Soundtrack Version)
Scatman Crothers
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Well, little lady, let me elucidate here
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows were it's at
Tell me!
Everybody's pickin' 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'Cause everything else is obsolete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
But, with a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cave man days
Cha cha ba dum bo day
I've heard some corny birds
Who tried to sing
But still 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 a horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Everytime he plays
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
With a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cave man days
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
Yes, everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at
When playin' jazz
You always has a welcome mat
'Cause everybody digs a swinging cat
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If you want to turn me on
Play your horn, don't spare the tone
And blow a little soul into the tune
Let's take it to another key
Modulate, and wait for me
I'll take a few ad-libs and pretty soon
The other cats will all commence
Congregatin' on the fence
Underneath the alley's only light
Where every note is out of sight
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Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Hallejuah!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
I'm telling you!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Yeah!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Mmmm!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Hallejuah!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
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