When you’re feeling kind of down,
and you’ve lost your inner clown
When your pink is turning blue,
and you don’t know what to do,
You need some hair of the cat.
When your jumping beans won’t jump,
and you’re feeling like a grump.
When the sky is looking gray, and your life’s no cabaret.
It’s time for hair of the cat.
It’s that rollick, frolic, tumble, jumble, zipping, flipping play.
It’s the creeping, leaping, jumping, bumping,
whirling, twirling way.
It’s a wheeling, reeling, gliding, sliding, razzle-dazzle day.
It’s the hair, it’s the hair, of the cat.
When you’ve lost your four-leaf clover,
and you feel like rolling over.
When your tippy just won’t top, and your belly does a flop,
Go get some hair of the cat.
It’s that rollick, frolic, tumble, jumble, zipping, flipping play.
It’s the creeping, leaping, jumping, bumping,
whirling, twirling way.
It’s a wheeling, reeling, gliding, sliding, razzle-dazzle day.
It’s the hair, it’s the hair, of the cat.
credits
from Hair of the Cat,
released November 1, 2009
Lyrics & drums solo courtesy of SER
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