Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Some cats know



The old prospector’s nose for gold

the sailor who can read the sky

the gambler’s sense of when to fold

the trick to making apple pie




























these mysteries one cannot explain

this old black art

so queer and quaint






































like making love, or making rain

either you got it,

or

you

ain’t
































Some cats know

you can tell by the touchin’






they don't come on huffin’ and puffin’

and grabbin’ and clutchin’




































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow













but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know







































some cats know

how to stir up the feelin’

they keep foolin’ round

till they're half way to the ceilin’


































some cats know

how to make the honey flow







but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know









































some cats know just where it's at

they are not like some others

I would ruther one like that

If I had my druthers






Some cats know

how to play nice and pretty










































nice and soft

and soon you're off to

good time city










































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow








































but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know





he just


don't


know







2 comments:

  1. This is the cat's pajamas, altho that bee cat - or cat bee - will haunt me all day and probly into the night and beyond...bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeyowwwwww....

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  2. This is another song I COULD NOT nail down, nor find the lyrics of, for several years. I only remembered one line, Peggy Lee singing, "Some cats know/How to make the honey flow. . . ", which is, let's face it, memorable.

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