Big City Cat
Composer(s): Steve Forbert
Performer(s): Steve Forbert



Buildings an' people down under the skies
I walk down the street lookin' out through my eyes
I'm getting so skinny it hurts to sit down
I'm deep in the well, I'm in the rat trap town

Where it's dirty for dirty, it's an eye for an eye
it's a tooth for a tooth an' a sigh for a sigh
an' ev'rything's edgy like musical chairs
an' ev'ryone's lookin', but who really cares?

Well, I'm tryna get up, tryna laugh in my head
I'm walkin' on eggs and I'm climbin' on thread
There's motors an' traffic an' racket an' horns
my weary ol' stairway is wobbly an' worn

There a hissin' of heaters an' bangin' ol' pipes
screaming of women an' laughin' all night
there's babies a-cryin' an' somebody's dog
he's barkin' so loudly, there's a man in the hall...

Hell, it's some kinda lunatic followin' me
He's down by the john so I can't take a pee
I'm 's'posed t' be happy, I'm here where it's at
I'm a face in the crowd, I'm a big city cat