Well, little lady, let me elucidate here Everybody wants to be a cat Because a cat's the only cat Who knows were it's at Tell me! Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat 'Cause everything else is obsolete A square with a horn Makes you wish you weren't born Everytime he plays But, with a square in the act You can set music back To the cave man days Cha cha ba dum bo day 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 Or 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 rinky tinky tinky With a square in the act You can set music back To the cave man days Oh a rinky tinky tinky Yes, 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 swinging cat Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! Hallejuah! Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! I'm telling you! Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! Yeah! Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! Mmmm! Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! Hallejuah! Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat...!