Streetcats

from Gutter Heart by Jacky

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I am a waif with a ragged heart
But the cats they are my friends
When I roam on the streets alone
They're my hope and they're my home
Jumping from the garbage cans
Or hiding under cars
Every cat has got a sense of art
And a cat flap to my heart

Hey cat! Don't you wanna talk to me?
Hey cat! You know I'm not gonna hurt you
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street

Absinthe, coffee, beauty, wine
I'm always drinking too much
With a spoon of cool and a potful of lost
I'll be walking the night because I must
Across the corner and there she stands
It's a black and white romance
She retreats when I advance
It's an enigmatic dance

Hey cat! Don't you wanna talk to me?
Hey cat! You know I'm not gonna hurt you
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street

Yeah I'm looking for love in an empty street
And I know who's gonna make my slob life complete
You may think that it's quiet but the streets are alive
It's a celebration under the moon
I should be finding a bride, I should be telling lies
But I hate the clubs and I hate Friday night
The cats are on my side
we're in league with the night
You are wrong and we are right

Sometimes they come
And sometimes they run
It's a love that must be earned
Calvino concurs
the feline fur
is the softest fur on the Earth

Hey cat! Don't you wanna talk to me?
Hey cat! You know I'm not gonna hurt you
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street
Just trying to spread some cross-species love on the street

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from Gutter Heart, released September 4, 2012
Jacob Stubbe Østergaard

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