Stray Cat Blues lyrics

[Intro]

Ah... hey

Yeah, cat's own tail

[Verse 1]

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs

I know you're no scared-eyed honey

There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs

[Refrain]

But it's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Verse 2]

I can see that you're fifteen years old

No I don't want your I.D

And I can see that you're so far from home

[Refrain]

But it's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh yeah, don't you scratch like that

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that

I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that

[Verse 3]

You look so weird and you're so far from home

Bet you really miss your mother

Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear

[Refrain]

But it's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh, yeah

Woo!

I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that

I bet she don't know you can bite like that

[Verse 4]

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

[Refrain]

It's no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

[Chorus]

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh yeah, don't you 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

• Artist:The Rolling Stones
• Album:Beggar's Banquet (1968)