Lyric Stray Cat Blues

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
I know you re no scare-eyed honey.
There ll be a feast if you just come upstairs
But it s no hanging matter
It s no capital crime

I can see that you re fifteen years old
No I don t want your I.D.
And I can see that you re so far from home
But it s no hanging matter
It s no capital crime

Oh yeah, you re a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don tcha scratch like that
Oh yeah, you re a strange stray cat
I bet, bet your mama don t know you scream like that
I bet your mother don t know you can spit like that.

You look so weird and you re so far from home
But you don t really miss your mother
Don t look so scared I m no mad-brained bear
But it s no hanging matter
It s no capital crime
Oh, yeah
Woo!

I bet your mama don t know that you scatch like that
I bet she don t know you can bite like that.

You say you got a friend, that she s wilder than you
Why don t you bring her upstairs
If she s so wild then she can join in too
It s no hanging matter
It s no capital crime

Oh yeah, you re a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don tcha scratch like that
Oh yeah, you re a strange stray cat
I bet you mama don t know you can bite like that
I ll bet she never saw you scratch my back