Song lyrics to Everybody Wants to Be a Cat, from the Walt Disney cartoon, The Aristocats, Words and Music by Floyd Huddleston and Al Rinker, Performed by Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Liz English, Thurl Ravenscroft, Lord Tim Hudson, Paul Winchell, Vito Scotti, and Robie Lester
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat’s the only cat
Who know where it’s at
Everybody’s pickin’ up
On that feline beat
Cause everything else is obsolete
A square with a horn
Makes you wish you weren’t born
Every time he plays
But with a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cave man days.
I’ve heard some corny birds
Who tried to sing
Still a cat’s the only cat
Who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
A longhaired gig
And stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.
A square with a horn
Makes you wish you weren’t born
Every time he plays.
Oh, a rinky, tinky, tinky.
With a square in the act
You can set music back
To the cave man days.
Oh, a rinky, tinky, tinky.
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat’s the only cat
Who know where it’s at
When playing jazz
You always has a welcome mat
Cause everybody digs
A swingin’ cat.
Everybody wants to be a cat