Lyrics:

Scat Cat
Well, little lady, let me elucidate here.
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at!

O'Malley
Tell me, 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'Cause everything else is obsolete!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...

Scat Cat
...Everytime he plays

O'Malley
But with a square in the act
You can set music back...

Scat Cat
...to the caveman days
So-toe-toe chum beau-zen!

O'Malley
I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing

Scat Cat
Still a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing!

Billy Bass
Who wants to dig a long haired gig
Or stuff like that...

Scat Cat / O'Malley
...When everybody wants to be a cat?

A square with the horn makes you
Wish you weren't born
Everytime he plays

O'Malley
Oh, a rinky-tinky-tinky!

Scat Cat / O'Malley
And with a square in the act
You can set music back to the caveman days

Marie
Oh, a rinky-tinky-tinky!

All
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at!

When playin' jazz you always has a welcome mat
'Cause everybody digs a swingin' cat!

Everybody, everybody
Everybody wants to be a cat!
Hallelujah! (Repeat Ad-Lib)