Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat

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'cause everything else is obsolete
Now a square with a horn
Can make 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 diga long-haired gigor stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat
A square with that horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays;
And with a square in the act
He's gonna set this music backto the Stone Age days

Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only catwho knows where it's at;
While playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat
Everybody digs a swingin' cat