Catlong sighs holding Kitty's black tooth

She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth

And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley

Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin

It's tight on this fence since them young dudes are musclin' in



Jack Knife cries 'cause baby's in a bundle

She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle

And them tin cans are explodin' out in the ninety-degree heat

Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street

It's sad but it sure is true

Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs

OOh, what can I do, ooh, what can I do?

OOh, what can I do, ooh what can I do?



Catlong lies back bent on a trash can,

Flashing lights cut the night, dude in the white says he's the man

Well you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're not long around



Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound

So get right, get tight, get down

Well who's that down at the end of the alley?

She's been gone so long



Kitty's back in town, here she comes now

Kitty's back in town

Kitty's back in town, here she comes now

Kitty's back in town

Kitty's back in town, here she comes now

Kitty's back in town



Now Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue

And that she left him for a city dude

But she's so soft, she's so blue

When he looks into her eyes

He just sits back and sighs