"Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" lyrics - PHIL HARRIS

[Skat Cat:]
Well, little lady, let me illusidate here
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows were it's at

[Tom:]
Tell me, everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat
'Cause everything else is obsolete.

[Skat:]
Strickly high button shoes.
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born

[Skat:]
Everytime he plays

[Tom:]
[Tom:]
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
[Skat:]
To the cave man days, cha cha ba dum bo day
[Tom:]
I've heard some corny birds who who tried to sing
[Skat:]
Still a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing
[Bass:]
Who wants to dig a long haired gig or stuff like that
[Tom:]
When everybody wants to be a cat
[Tom and Skat:]
A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
Everytime he plays
[Tom:]
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
[Tom and Skat:]
With a square in the act you can set music back
To the cave man days
[Marie:]
Oh a rinky tinky tinky
[Tom:]
Yes
[M & t:]
Everybody wants to be a cat
Beause a cats the only cat who knows where it's at
While playin' jazz you always have a welcom mat
'Cause everybody digs a swinging cat.
[Drummer cat:]
Oh boy fellas, lets rock this joint!
Cat playing cello:
Ha ha groovy cats!
[Piano cat:]
Shanghai, Honk Kong, Egg Foo Yong.
Fortune cookie always wrong.
That's a hot one!

[Harp begins]
[Duchess:]

If you want to turn me on,
Play your horn don't spare the tone,
And blow a little soul into the tune.
[T:]
Lets take it to another key.
[Skat:]
Modulate, and wait for me.
I'll take a few ad-libs and pretty soon.
[T:]
The other cats will all commence
Congregating on the fence.
Underneath the alley's only light.
Duchess:
Where every note is out of sight.
(Jazz music begins again)
S & Crew:
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
[Skat:]
Halejuah!
[S & Crew:]
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Everybody, everybody, everybody now