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I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs,

I know you're no scare-eyed honey.

There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs, but

Its no hanging matter,

It's no capital crime.

Yes I can see that you're 15 years old.

No I don't want your i.d.

Yes I can see that you're so far from home, but

Its no hanging matter,

Its no capital crime.

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Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat, I bet

Bet your mama don't know ya scream like that

I bet your mother don't know that you spit like that.

You look so weird and you're so, so far from home

But you really miss your mother

Don't look so scared I'm not no mad-brained bear, but

But its no hanging matter

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It's no capital crime, oh yeah....

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I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that

I bet your mother don't know you bite like that.

You say you got a friend, and she's wilder than you

Why don't you bring her upstairs

If she's so wild then she can join in too

Its no hanging matter

It's no capital crime

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat

I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that

I bet she never saw ya scratch my back

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