Cat on the tin roof, bird on the wire,
Newspaper boy strumming blues on a lyre,
Apple-stained mouth in a funeral choir.
Bells in the steeple, rust on the spire,
Chessman warming his beard by the fire,
Cat on the tin roof, bird on the wire.
Melons at market, prices are higher,
Pépinot adding coins to the drier,
Apple-stained mouth in a funeral choir.
Grease on the window, fat on the fryer,
Fool and a madman fixing a tire,
Cat on the tin roof, bird on the wire.
Stocks on the market, nickelless buyer,
Playwriters guild throwing verbs on the pyre,
Apple-stained mouth in a funeral choir.
Milk in the icebox, heart in desire,
Blind baby calling her fingers a liar,
Cat on the tin roof, bird on the wire,
Apple-stained mouth in a funeral choir.