CUSTODY OF THE CAT

style

• jazz-pop
• live band
• walking bass and brass stabs
• theatrical storytelling vocal
• funny and desperate by turns
• big-band swagger with modern drums
• london accent
• charismatic and unguarded
• london accent
• sly

the numbers

bpm

144

key

C major

energy

0.69

dance

0.91

valence

0.53

vocal at

1.7s

length

2:21

language

En

lyrics

(a double bass tunes up; a distant meow)
This is a true story. Names have been changed... except the cat's.

The breakup went so civilized
We split the vinyl and the debt
But when the moving van arrived
You packed the cat. I don't forget.

Biscuit chose me at the shelter
(that's a fact, that's a fact)
Eight years of purrs, you interloper
(give him back!)

So the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
Down the fire escape at two
Yes the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
He wanted to — ask him, it's true
Oh the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
In a tote bag, calm as a monk
And the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
He left a gift inside your trunk

You were at your Tuesday spin class
I tiptoed past the ficus, fast
One shake of the treat jar — showtime
Eight pounds of fur, partner in crime

Your lawyer rang on Monday
(dun-dun!)
I said, Put the cat on the stand
(meow)
He pled the fifth and licked his hand

So the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
Down the fire escape at two
Yes the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
He wanted to — ask him, it's true
Oh the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
In a tote bag, calm as a monk
And the cat came with me (the cat came with me!)
He left a gift inside your trunk

(a satisfied purr into the mic)
Court adjourned. Dinner's at six, Biscuit.