Cool For Cats lyrics by Squeeze
Title : Cool For CatsArtist : Squeeze
Intro
1. Strophe
The indians sent signals from the rocks above the pass,
the cowboys take positions in the bushes and the grass.
The squaw is with the corporal, she is tied against the tree.
She doesn't mind the language, it's the beating she don't need.
She lets loose all the horses when the corporal is asleep,
and he wakes to find the fire's dead and there's arrows in his hats.
And Davy Crocket rides around and says it's cool for cats,
it's cool for cats.
2. Refrain
The Sweeney's doing ninety 'cause they've got no where to go,
they get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow.
They're counting out the fivers when the handcuffs lock again,
in and out of Wandsworth with the numbers on their names.
It's funny how their Missus always looks the b******g same,
and meanwhile at the station there's a couple of likely lads,
who swear like 'how's your father' and they're very cool for cats,
they're cool for cats.
3. Refrain
To change the mood a little, I've been posing down the pub.
I'm seeing my reflection, I'm looking slightly rough.
I fancy this, I fancy that, I wanna be so flash.
I give a little muscle and I spend a little cash,
but all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash.
And by the time I'm sober I've forgotten what I've had,
and everybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat,
it's cool for cats.
Instrumental
4. Refrain
Shape up at the disco and I think I've got a pull,
I ask her lots of questions as she hangs onto the wall.
I kiss her for the first time and then I take her home,
I'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone.
She likes to go to discos but she's never on her own.
I said I'll see you later and I give her some old chat,
but it's not like that on the TV when it's cool for cats,
it's cool for ca-at-at-ats.
Instrumental
Coda
(Ooh oh oh, ooh oh oh, ooh oh oh, cool for cats!
ooh oh oh, ooh oh oh, ooh oh oh...)
