Stray Cat Blues

(Yeah, I got some tail)

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

I can see that you're 15 years old
No I don't want your ID
And I can see that you're so far from home
But that's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don't you scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know you do spit like that

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

Oh, yeah
Woo!
I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that
I bet she don't know you can bite like that

You say you got a friend, and she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs?
If she's so wild, then she can join in too
It's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

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