SOME CATS KNOW
Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller  1968

as recorded by Lisa Minnelli  1996

also recorded by -
Leslie Uggams '68
Peggy Lee '75
Claire Martin '92
Jeanie Bryson '95
Mary Foster Conkin '98
Connie Evingson '99
Paula West '99
Helen Schneider 2001
Maria Muldauer 2003
Esther Phillips


Some cats know,
You can tell by the touchin',
They don't come on huffin' an' a-puffin'
An' a-grabbin' an' a-clutchin'!

Some cats know
How to take it nice and slow,
But if a cat don't know,
A cat don't know!

Mmm-mm, some cats know
How to stir up the feelin',
They keep foolin' around
Till you're halfway to the ceilin'!

Some cats know
How to make the honey flow,
But if a cat don't know,
A cat don't know!

Some cats know
Just where it's at,
They're not like some others!
I would rather run round that
If I had my druthers!

Some cats know
How to play nice and pretty;
Nice and soft,
And soon you're off
To good time city!

Some cats know
How to take it nice and slow,
But if a cat don't know,
A cat don't know!

He just don't know!
He don't know!
On the other hand, sometimes a girl gets lonely!
Mm-mm-mm!
Mm-mm-mm-mm!
Mm-mm-mm!
He don't know!
Mm-mm-mm...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2013)