Tommy James - Cat's Eye In The Window lyrics

There's a cat's eye in the window Looking at the haps that go undone. Taking in the rats, that's not the evil, The devil is the cat that's got your tongue. Well, I went for a walk in the country Where they say the air is really fresh and clean. I hear that Mother Nature doesn't care for the city But the people here are just as mean. Well, I came upon a beautiful mansion And it was old, about three hundred years And the gate was so rusty that I kicked it down I walked closer, here's how it appeared. There were four huge pillars that were cracked so bad That I couldn't figure out how they stood Well, the gla** was all busted, But, my God, the things must have once upon a time looked awful good repeat chorus It was many, many, many times a millionaire's home And the master must have been quite a man But for some strange reason I became so mad Because I just could not understand How could anybody build such a beautiful dream And let it sit and rot and die in the sun Then it suddenly came to me the house was humanity And history had finally won I walked away with a terrible feeling 'Cause I suddenly realized I was looking at the epitaph of good Mother Earth And I could hardly keep the tears from my eyes. repeat chorus Cat's eye in the window. Cat's eye. (repeat ad lib until fade out)