The Cat In The Window (The Bird In The Sky)

Album: The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (1967)
Charted: 26
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  • Fly away, fly away
    There's a cat in the window
    And he's watching all the birds go passing by
    He'd love to fly out the window
    Go where the wind goes
    And so would I
    Like that cat in the window
    Who keeps wishing for some wings to take a ride
    I'd love to glide to a rainbow
    Off where the clouds go dancing by
    And if I could fly
    You wouldn't find me hangin' around
    Watching the birds go by
    Yes the cat in the window
    Has a tear in his eye
    I should leave today, fly away
    Why, oh why should I stay like the cat in the window
    Who keeps watching the birds
    Go by from the window
    If I could fly though
    You won't find me
    Don't even try to Writer/s: ALAN LEE GORDON, GARRY OWEN BONNER
    Publisher: Round Hill
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Ted from Phoenix, AzThis is a very unusual song in that the last note Petula sings (and is also played by a flute) is in a completely different key than the rest of the song.
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