Everybody wants to be a cat, 
Because a cat's the only cat 
Who knows where it's at. 
Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat, 
'Cause everything else is obsolete. 
Now a square with a horn, 
Can make you wish you weren't born, 
Ever'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 
Along-haired gig 
Or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat. 
A square with that horn, 
Makes you wish you weren't born, 
Ever'time he plays; 
And with a square in the act, 
He's gonna set this music back 
To the Stone Age days. 
Everybody wants to be a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat 
Who knows where it's at; 
While playin' jazz you always has a welcome mat,
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat. 
Everybody digs a swingin' cat.
 
  
 