STRAY CAT BLUES
I
When the full moon makes dogs howl
I am your tomcat on the prowl
You’d rather be dead than in my shoes
I’m unwanted news
I am the hobo in the rain
Forever waiting on a train
I am the feud without a truce
I’m the stray cat blues
II
I’m what’s left when everything fails
If there’s a coffin, I’m its nails
I’m found in every kind of abuse
I tint every bruise
My home’s a bottle and a glass
I’ve got nine lives that we will pass
I’m not a bomb, but I’m its fuse
I’m the stray cat blues
B I
I’m middle age that’s lost all former charms
I’m the needle shared by human junkyard arms
The Edgar Allan Poe subject for a tale
I’m love on fire sale
I’m all the trouble that was overbooked
I’m the opportunity that you overlooked
And I was made, I’m proud to say,
for singing on a rainy day
(… continued …)