Long Tail Cat
Composer(s): Kenny Loggins
First release by: Loggins & Messina - 1972



Long tail cat, a-sittin' by the 'ol rockin' chair
Now, he don't realise that there's a danger there
But he don't care, no rock 'n rollin' chair's
Gonna boogie on his day
'Cause he's a-swingin' his tail to a lowdown syncopate

I'm going down to Orleans town on a Dixie holiday
Get myself a hunk o' that harmony, yay-yayee
You may be a symphony, but I believe in a song
That's got a catchy melody and you can sing along
Yow-ooh, yeah Lord

Wow, they say they're talkin' about the girls that work up the town
Now I don't realise that they're a danger now, yeah
No swingin' tail, no rock `n roll girl
A-gonna boogie-woogie on these days
Just making time, to a Dixie holiday

I'm goin' down to New Orleans town
To get a pound of feed
Be back home in the dust about half a week, yeah-yay-ee
You may be a symphony, but I believe in a song
That's got a catchy melody and you can sing along
Everybody sing along
Don't know what to sing a long, Lord
Hey, you gonna sing a long

All you sing is oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on the Dixie holiday, yeah-yay-ay-yay

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
And your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday-ay-yay

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holida-ooh people

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cow's are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday, think about your Daddy

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday, yay-ay

Oh, we're leaving on a Dixie holiday
Heading for the Dixie holiday, yeah, yeah, yeah