The first track on Built on Squares, “Black Cat” gets the album rolling with a rock ‘n’ roll homage to ‘40s cabaret, complete with lounge-like vocals and waltzing violins.
Traveled in
I'm heading out
Strenching hearts
Strenching house
With boomerangs between her toes
She knock 'em down like dominos
I got it all
I got it all
I got it all from you
Black cat detector
I got it all
I got it all
I got it all from you
Switchblade stuck in the moon
Is that the little girl inside of you
Vroom zoom how could I lose
A superstitious girl like you
I can't fight the pressure
My luck's so bad I need
A black cat detector
She told me once to touch a ghost
Is she an angel in the snow?
She crawled around on her tippy toes
I think this how the story grows
I got it all
I got it all
I got it all from you
Black cat detector
I got it all
I got it all
I got it all from you
Soothsayers
What do you see?
Is there a better man inside of me?
Clean shirt, New shoes
Is that a little tail on you (You You You)
I can't I fight the pressure
My luck has gone to black cat detector
Black cat detector
Black cat detector
Black cat detector
Black Cat was written by Allan Vest.
Black Cat was produced by [PIAS] America.
Starlight Mints released Black Cat on Tue May 20 2003.