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"I remember as it were a meal ago"
Said Tommy the Cat as he reeled back to
clear whatever foreign matter may have
nestled its way into his mighty throat.
Many a fat alley rat had met its demise
while staring point blank down the
cavernous barrel of this awesome prowling
machine.
Truly a wonder of nature this urban predator.
Tommy the cat had many a story to tell,
But it was a rare occasion such as this
that he did.
"She came slidin' down the alleyway like
butter drippin' off a hot biscuit.
The aroma, the mean scent, was enough
to arouse suspicion in even the oldest of
Tigers that hung around the hot spot in
those days.
The sight was beyond belief.
Many a head snapped for double - even
triple - takes as this vivacious feline made
her her way into the delta of the alleyway
where the most virile of the young tabbys
were known to hang out.
They hung in droves. Such a multitude of
masculinity could only be found in one
place...
And that was O'malley's Alley.
The air was thick with cat calls
(no pun intended),
But not even a muscle in her neck did
twitch as she sauntered up into the heart
of the alley.
She knew what she wanted.
She was lookin' for that stud bull, the he
cat.
And that was me.
Tommy the Cat is my name and I say unto
thee...
"Say baby do you wanna lay down by me"
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Actually, my dad had pretty good take on this song. Its about an old man past his prime recalling the days of his peak virility. He recalls how good of a predator he was, and about how he didn't have to go looking for women, they come to him. My father says the double entendre of the song was very popular during the early jazz boom. Great way to talk about boinking without either being crude, or blatantly obvious about it.

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That is, of course, the king of American songwriting himself, Tom Waits doing the voice of Tommy the Cat. This song is awesome. It means nothing at all.

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This song is fairly difficult to pull off on a four-string bass. It's a lot easier to play on a six-string... However, on the "Suck on This" version of the song, Les didn't own a six-string. Must've been pretty easy for him... fucker.

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PRIMUS SUCKS!!!

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Everytime our bass player became cocky, we'd put on this song in the rehearsals. Shut him right up :D

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this song, is, AMAAAZING

This song is just weird!

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I think this song does mean something. I think its a take on The Arisocats becasue the main cat in the movie was Tom o'Malley. And i beleave there was an O'malleys alley.

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Also,Nick Cave uses O'Malleys references a lot on his album "murder Ballads".This song is awesome,it reminds me of "jesus built my hotrod" by ministry,saying as both these tracks have alternate vocalists.They both rock too!

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everytime i hear this song i cant help but laugh, its so awesome, and funny

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"TOMMY THE CAT IS MY NAME!!!"

That line sounds like it's being squeezed out of a mustard bottle. It's so gloriously ridiculous.

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his writing style is insane i love it his stories are unique and so bizzare i love it