In a house in which they lived
There lived a certain cat
The biggest, ugliest cat you ever thought was your pet
And this particular cat was loved by one and all
Except the very people who lived in that house at all
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The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he'd never come back
(Verse 2)
They put him in the bathtub and they turned the water on
And soapsed him from his whiskers to his very bottom
They dried him with a towel and they hung him on a line
And when he was dry, he ran away into the night
(Verse 3)
They found him in a garbage can, covered with scraps and bones
They dragged him out and washed him off and dried him on a cobblestone
They tried to give him poison but he wouldn't take a bite
And even when they tried to shoot him, the gun wouldn't shoot right
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The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he'd never come back
(Verse 4)
They gave him to the gypsies, who promised him a home
But he came right back to them, as stubborn as Rome
They tried to send him to Japan but he would not go
He jumped upon the steamer, and he tipped it over, so
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The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he'd never come back
(Verse 5)
The people finally gave up and moved away from there
And the cat was found abandoned in the empty chair
He sat in the rocking chair, and he waited there for years
And his fur turned gray and his whiskers turned white his body turned to dust and in the chair. He turned to powder
That was the end of the cat
(Chorus)
The cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he'd never come back