Stray Cat Blues

<br>I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs <br>I know you`re no scare-eyed honey. <br>There`ll be a feast if you just come upstairs <br>But it`s no hanging matter <br>It`s no capital crime <br><br>I can see that you`re fifteen years old <br>No I don`t want your I.D. <br>You look so rest-less and you`re so far from home <br>But it`s no hanging matter <br>It`s no capital crime <br><br>Oh yeah, you`re a strange stray cat <br>Oh yeah, don`tcha scratch like that <br>Oh yeah, you`re a strange stray cat <br>Bet your mama don`t know you scream like that <br>I bet your mother don`t know you can spit like that. <br><br>You look so weird and you`re so far from home <br>But you don`t really miss your mother <br>Don`t look so scared I`m no mad-brained bear <br>But it`s no hanging matter <br>It`s no capital crime <br>Oh, yeah <br>Woo! <br><br>I bet your mama don`t know that you scatch like that <br>I bet she don`t know you can bite like that. <br><br>You say you got a friend, that she`s wilder than you <br>Why don`t you bring her upstairs <br>If she`s so wild then she can join in too <br>It`s no hanging matter <br>It`s no capital crime <br><br>Oh yeah, you`re a strange stray cat <br>Oh yeah, don`tcha scratch like that <br>Oh yeah, you`re a strange stray cat <br>I bet you mama don`t know you can bite like that <br>I`ll bet she never saw you scratch my back