The Aristocats OST - 4. Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat

Music by Al Rinker

Lyrics by Floyd Huddleston

Performed by Phil Harris, Seatman Crothers,
Thurl Ravenscroft and Liz English

Lyrics.
Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat's the only cat
who knows where it's at!

Tell me
Ev'rybody's pickin' up on that
feline beat
'Cause everything else is
Obsolete
A square with a horn
makes you wish
you weren't born
Ev'ry time he plays
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
To the caveman days (ad lib)

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
And stuff like that
When ev'rybody wants to be a cat

A square with a horn
Makes you wish you weren't born
Ev'ry time he plays
oh a rinky tinky tinky
With a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cavemen days.
Oh a rinky tinky tinky

Yes, ev'rybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at!
When playing a scat
Who always has a welcome mat
'Cause ev'rybody digs
a swinging cat
Ev'rybody, ev'rybody, ev'rybdy
wants to be a cat