Stray Cat Blues

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I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs 
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I know you're no scare-eyed honey. 
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There'll be a- feast if you just come upstairs 
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But it's no hanging matter 
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It's no capital crime 

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I- can see that you're fifteen years old 
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No I- don't want your I.D. 
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You look so restless and so far from home 
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But it's no hanging matter 
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It's no capital- crime 

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Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat 
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Oh yeah, don't scratch like that 
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Oh yeah--, you're a strange stray cat 
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bet your mama don't know you scream like that 
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bet she don't know that you spit like that. 

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You look so weird and you're so far from home 
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but you really miss your mother 
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Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear 
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But it's no hanging matter 
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It's no capital- crime 

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Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
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Oh yeah, don't scream like that
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Bet your mama don't know you scratch like that 
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Bet she don't know you bite like that. 

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You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you 
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Well, why don't you bring her upstairs 
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If she's so wild she can join in too 
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But it's no hanging matter 
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It's no capital- crime 

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Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
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Oh yeah, don't scratch like that 
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Oh yeah--, you're a strange stray cat  
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bet your mama don't know you bite like that 
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I bet she never saw you scratch my back