Cat Scratch Fever

The lyrics present “cat scratch fever” as an exciting, recurring craving that the singer says he has had since childhood. The mood is playful and boastful, becoming more sexually suggestive as he describes giving and receiving pleasure. The repeated phrase makes the feeling sound catchy and hard to shake, though the singer also insists it is not dangerous.

The title turns an ordinary cat scratch into a comic-sounding “fever”: an intense desire, rather than necessarily a real illness. The lyric about visiting a doctor and getting a “cure,” only to feel the condition return, treats this desire like a sickness that cannot be cured. References to making a cat purr and asking to be scratched play on literal cat imagery, while “pussy” also carries a sexual meaning in this context.

The song deliberately blurs the boundary between a playful story about cats and a boastful account of sexual appetite. Its repeated claims of feeling no pain and going “insane” suggest that the desire is thrilling and overwhelming, but the exaggerated performance makes it difficult to read as a serious confession. The final shift to an announced “love song” adds a teasing contrast: the lyrics have sounded more lustful than tender.