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'Cause everything else is obsolete.
A square with a horn,
Makes you wish you weren't born,
Everytime he plays.
But 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 still a cat's the only cat
Who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
A long-haired gig
Rr stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with a horn,
Makes you wish you weren't born,
Everytime he plays.
(Oh a rink dinky dinky)
But with a square in the act,
He can set music back
To the caveman days.
(Oh a rinky tinky tinky)
Everybody wants to be a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at.
While playin' jazz he always has a welcome mat,
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
Everybody, everybody,
Everybody wants to be a cat.
(Oh hallelujia)
Everybody, everybody,
Everybody wants to be a cat.