Some Cats Know. . ., take two. . .

The old prospector's nose for gold 

The sailor who can read the sky 

The gamblers sense of when to fold 

The trick to making apple pie

These mysteries one can not 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 a-huffin' and a-puffin' 

And a-grabbin' and a-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 'til you're halfway 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 rather 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

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller