Cat on My Lap

A Sandy and Richard Riccardi Original
Copyright 2012


I can't get up to get the door
I can't get out of bed
for I've this cat upon my lap
you'll have to go instead

I need to get my needlepoint
my template and my thread
but I've this cat upon my lap
you'll have to go instead

the bikes and rakes and shovels need to go back in the shed
but there's this cat upon my lap
you'll have to go instead

the laundry pile is three miles high
the children must be fed
but there's this cat upon my lap
you'll have to go instead

I'm getting ancient old and grey
I really should be dead
but there's this cat upon my lap
you' ll have to go instead.