Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat

[Verse 1]
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because the cat's the only cat who knows where it's at
Tell me everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat (Meow)
'Cause everything else is obsolete (Oh, obsolete)

[Refrain]
Now a square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Every time he plays
With a square in the act, he can set music back
To the caveman days

[Verse 2]
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 a long-haired gig and stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat

[Refrain]
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Every time he plays
With a square in the act, he can set music back
To the caveman days, oh well

[Verse 3]
Everybody wants to be a cat
'Cause a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at
While playin' jazz, you always get a welcome back (That's right)
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat

[Bridge]
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 (Wait for me)
I'll take a few ad-libs and pretty soon (Soon, soon, soon)
The other cats will all commence
Congregating on the fence
Beneath the alley's only light
Where every note is out of sight (Out of sight)

[Outro]
Everybody, everybody
Everybody wants to be a cat (Come on everybody now)
Everybody, everybody
Everybody wants to be a cat (Meow)
Everybody, everybody
Everybody wants to be a cat (Meow, meow)
Everybody, everybody
Everybody wants to be (Meow) a (Meow) cat