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STRAY CAT BLUES Lyrics

Artist: The Rolling Stones
Album: Beggar's Banquet

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

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.
You look so rest-less and 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 you can spit like that.

You look so weird and you're so far from home
But you don't 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
Oh, yeah
Woo!

I bet your mama don't know that you scatch like that
I bet she don't know you can bite like that.

You say you got a friend, that she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs
If she's so wild then she can join in too
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
I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back

Comments/Interpretations

by randy.thomson on 7/12/2008 7:19am
The Stones are the best band ever, but Jagger's never gotten his due for great lyrics. I love this song more than any they've ever done because it kicks f...king ass. From "Flowers" through "Exile on Main Street" and even beyond, no band has ever had the incredible output these guys did. The only blemish was "Satanic Majesties Request" and even that had some great songs. The Rolling Stones Forever