Now every stray cat strikes a bargain with the world
Ends leavin’ scratches on a sofa or a girl
“Love” and “Hate” tattooed across his little tiny paws
Paws that smack his kittens around ’cause they don’t know the laws
Catnip or Glory
Becomes just another story
Catnip or Glory
Becomes just another story
Well, I got a friend who's a man
What man?
The man who feeds me all the tuna
He gives me what I need
What you need? What you got?
I need it all so badly
Oh, anything I want he gives it to me
Anything I want he gives it, but not for free
It's catful
And it's paid for and I'm so grateful to be lazy
Stagger Lee met Billy and they go down to wrassling
Stagger Lee pawed seven
Billy said that he pawed eight
So Billy said, hey Stagger! I'm gonna make my big attack
I'm gonna have to leave my claws in your back
how you gonna come?
with your paws on your head
or on the trigger of your gun?
"he said 'paws to you baby', he ain't never comin back"
you can pet them, you can feed them, but you have to answer to...
"ohhhhh oh...the cats of brixton..."
Ends leavin’ scratches on a sofa or a girl
“Love” and “Hate” tattooed across his little tiny paws
Paws that smack his kittens around ’cause they don’t know the laws
Catnip or Glory
Becomes just another story
Catnip or Glory
Becomes just another story
What man?
The man who feeds me all the tuna
He gives me what I need
What you need? What you got?
I need it all so badly
Oh, anything I want he gives it to me
Anything I want he gives it, but not for free
It's catful
And it's paid for and I'm so grateful to be lazy
(that one just writes itself)
Stagger Lee pawed seven
Billy said that he pawed eight
So Billy said, hey Stagger! I'm gonna make my big attack
I'm gonna have to leave my claws in your back
I can no longer play happily
I came in here for a butterfly
I'm going home with ticks and fleas
I wasn't born so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
Because I had seven sisters and brothers
Who all looked just like me