Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at
Tell me, everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat

'Cause everything else is obsolete
Now a square with a horn
Make you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays
But with a square in the act
You can set music back

To the caveman days
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing
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 that horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Ever'time he plays
Oh a rinky tinky dinky
With a square in the act

You gonna set this music back
To the caveman days
Oh a rinky tinky dinky
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