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'cause everything else is obsolete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
A long-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