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 bet your mama don't know you scream like that I bet your mother don't know that you spit like that.
You look so weird and you're so far from home but you 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
Bet your mama don't know you scream like that I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that.
You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you Well, why don't you bring her upstairs If she's so wild she can join in too 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 bet you mama don't know you scream like that I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back
