Ammaj7           
    Everybody wants to be a cat,
                                     
Because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at,
                     Ammaj7               
(Tell me!) Everybody's picking up on that feline beat,
                                   
      'Cause everything else is obso - lete!

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'cause everything else is obsolete.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.

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at;
while playin' jazz you always have a [bad word] mat,
'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat.
Everybody digs a swingin' cat.