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Everybody wants to be a cat
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Because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at
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Tell me Everybody's picking up on that feline beat
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Cause everything else is obso - lete
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A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born every time he plays
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But with a square in the act you can set music back to the cave - man days
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Ze - de dum bo - zay
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I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
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Still a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing
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Who wants to dig a long-haired gig and stuff like that
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When every - body wants to be a cat
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A square with a horn makes you wish you weren't born
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Every time he plays Oh a - rinky tinky - tinky
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But with a square in the act you can set music back to the cave - man days
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Oh a - rinky tinky - tinky