Stephin Merritt - When You're a Cat lyrics

When you're a cat
You know the ways into and out of
An empty flat all falling down
The fixtures dangling at sad angles
The walls gone brown
And there's a plucky lass
Sleeping behind the glass you know her
When you're a cat
You see it all, without detection
You're good at that the phantom stands
Before the glass, without reflection
Pushing her hands
Through it as through water
Lifting out her daughter as it were

This strange creature knows only rats
And bats, and that's fine
She knows bugger-all about cats
So the advantage is thine
Being a cat is divine

When you're a cat
You hide your clads in paws to be
Ready for combat her claws are long
But by the laws of evolution, they're
Made all wrong i will not hesitate
To sit around and wait licking fur