Everybody wants to be a cat Because a cat's the only cat Who know where it's at Everybody's pickin' up On that feline beat Cause everything else is obsolete A square with a horn Makes you wish you weren't born Every time he plays But with a square in the act You can set music back To the cave man days. 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 longhaired gig And stuff like that? When everybody wants to be a cat. A square with a horn Makes you wish you weren't born Every time he plays. Oh, a rinky, tinky, tinky. With a square in the act You can set music back To the cave man days. Oh, a rinky, tinky, tinky. Everybody wants to be a cat Because a cat's the only cat Who know where it's at When playing jazz You always has a welcome mat Cause everybody digs A swingin' cat. Everybody wants to be a cat