The Cats Out of the Bag Songtext
von Patty Griffin

I′d like to play, uh, the oldest song that I have that I've written
I wrote this about ten or 11 years ago
It′s called "The Cat's out of the Bag", and it goes like this
(One, two, three, four)

The word that I heard
It's all over town
I hear it clearly from everyone who′s ever been around, yeah
They say you′ve been acting like
A ride on the whirl
While your mom stays out the house like a lonely little girl, yeah

Oh, baby
You had to mess up such a sweet old thing
Sure do hate to be a drag, baby
But the cat's out of the bag
The cat′s out of the bag


Speedy Gonzalez on a
Winning streak
Hate to spoil it, but you finally sprung a leak
Hate to bust that bubble, baby
Turn your stick to stone
You should really turn around and drag your tail on home

Oh, baby
Had to mess up such a sweet old thing
Sure, do hate to be a drag, baby
But the cat's out of the bag, yeah

Don′t brag about it, baby
Or spout it off at work
When all your little girlfriends on the side call you a jerk
I hate to bust that bubble, baby
Turn your stick to stone
You should really turn around and drag your tail on home
Don't you, ooh

Don′t uderstimate
The power of a mouse
She turns into a tiger when you leave her out the house
Cut your heart out, darling
Cook it in a stew, and then she'll
Go out that very night and find somebody new


Oh, baby
Had to mess up such a sweet old thing, oh, no, no
Sure do hate to be a drag, baby
But the cat's out of the bag
The cat′s out of the bag

Meow, meow, meow, the cat′s out of the bag
I said that is the cat's out of the bag
Oh, I said, oh, na, na, na-ra, na, na
Na, na, na, I said
Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, hmm, yeah

Thank you very much