Everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody wants to be a cat

Because the cat's the only cat

Who knows where it's at

Everybody's picking up on that feline beat

'Cause everything else is obsolete

Now, a square with a horn

Makes you wish you weren't born

Every time he plays

And with a square in the act

He can set music back

To the caveman days

I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing

But a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing

Who wants to dig a long-haired gig or stuff like that?

When everybody wants to be a cat

A square with a horn

Makes you wish you weren't born

Every time he plays

But with a square in the act

You can set music back

To the stone age days

Everybody wants to be a cat

Because the cat's the only cat

Who knows where it's at

While playing jazz, you always have a welcome mat

'Cause everybody digs a swinging cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat

Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat