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Stray Cat Blues Lyrics
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.
And I can see that 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 that you spit like that.
You look so weird and you're so far from home
But you 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
Bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that.
You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you
Well, why don't you bring her upstairs
If she's so wild she can join in too
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 you mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back
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
No I don't want your I.D.
And I can see that you're so far from home
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
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 that you spit like that.
But you 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
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that.
Well, why don't you bring her upstairs
If she's so wild she can join in too
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
bet you mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back
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Underage sex. Oh, how I love this song :P
Fantastic song! The epitome of rock n roll sleaze.
On one live version of this -- maybe on Get your Ya-Ya's out -- Mick elevated the crime by changing "fifteen" to "thirteen".... Bad, bad Mick.
this song is so cool, it's so rough
oh yea baby this is what rock and roll is all about! johnny winter does a mean cover of this btw check it out kids! oh yea rock on :)!
Great tune. It's so naughty..
I love the way that he says the line "it's no hanging matter" ("it's no hangin' mattawww!!")
This song is so wrong...and so good!
Yeah i think this song's pretty much about sleeping with a minor, or maybe two 'You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you, Why don't you bring her upstairs'. They don't write em like this anymore
geez i thought i was dumb when trying to understand song lyrics but by some of the answers her i consider myself a genius
this song is simply a true song about the band having sex with teenage girls in their hotel room
bet your momma dont know that you scream like that!
just young groupie girls having agood time
as iggy pop once said "the prime mover in rock n roll is the desire to fuck teenage girls"
and was their any band that didnt?
think
chuck berry jimmy page jerry lee lewis elvis
all had very young teenage groupie girlfriends at one stage during their career
this song is great beacause it is so true and honest
@indiankirby Jerrry Lee Lewis actually married one!
@indiankirby Jerrry Lee Lewis actually married one!