Showing posts with label Some Cats Know. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Some Cats Know. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Some Cats Know. . ., take two. . .







The old prospector's nose for gold 
The sailor who can read the sky 
The gamblers sense of when to fold 
The trick to making apple pie




These mysteries one can not explain 
This old black art, so queer and quaint 
Like making love or making rain 
Either you got it or you ain't




Some cats know 
You can tell by the touchin'
They don't come on a-huffin' and a-puffin' 
And a-grabbin' and a-clutchin' 




Some cats know 
How to take it nice and slow 
But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know




Some cats know 
How to stir up the feelin'
They keep foolin' 'round 'til you're halfway to the ceilin'





Some cats know 
How to make the honey flow 
But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know




Some cats know just where it's at 
They are not like some others 
I would rather one like that 
If I had my druthers




Some cats know 
How to play nice and pretty 




Nice and soft and soon you're off to Good Time City




Some cats know
How to take it nice and slow




But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know 




He just

don't

know





Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller


Monday, April 10, 2017

Some cats know




The old prospector’s nose for gold

the sailor who can read the sky

the gambler’s sense of when to fold

the trick to making apple pie





























these mysteries one cannot explain

this old black art

so queer and quaint







































like making love, or making rain

either you got it,

or

you

ain’t
































Some cats know

you can tell by the touchin’






they don't come on huffin’ and puffin’

and grabbin’ and clutchin’






































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow













but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know








































some cats know

how to stir up the feelin’

they keep foolin’ round

till they're half way to the ceilin’


































some cats know

how to make the honey flow







but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know









































some cats know just where it's at

they are not like some others

I would ruther one like that

If I had my druthers






Some cats know

how to play nice and pretty










































nice and soft

and soon you're off to

good time city










































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow








































but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know





he just


don't


know





(Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)

Friday, August 22, 2014

Some cats know




The old prospector’s nose for gold

the sailor who can read the sky

the gambler’s sense of when to fold

the trick to making apple pie





























these mysteries one cannot explain

this old black art

so queer and quaint







































like making love, or making rain

either you got it,

or

you

ain’t
































Some cats know

you can tell by the touchin’






they don't come on huffin’ and puffin’

and grabbin’ and clutchin’






































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow













but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know








































some cats know

how to stir up the feelin’

they keep foolin’ round

till they're half way to the ceilin’


































some cats know

how to make the honey flow







but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know









































some cats know just where it's at

they are not like some others

I would ruther one like that

If I had my druthers






Some cats know

how to play nice and pretty










































nice and soft

and soon you're off to

good time city










































some cats know

how to take it nice and slow








































but if a cat don't know

a cat don't know





he just


don't