Cats movie - The Naming of Cats lyrics

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The naming of cats is a difficult matter<br>

It isn't just one of your holiday games<br>

You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter<br>

When I tell you a cat must have three different names <br>

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First of all, there's the name that the family use daily<br>

Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James<br>

Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey<br>

All of them sensible, everyday names <br>

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There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter<br>

Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames<br>

Such as Plato, Admetas, Electra, Demeter<br>

But all of them sensible everyday names <br>

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But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular<br>

A name that's peculiar, and more dignified<br>

Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular<br>

Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? <br>

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Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum<br>

Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat<br>

Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum<br>

Names that never belong to more than one cat <br>

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But above and beyond there's still one name left over<br>

And that is the name that you never will guess<br>

The name that no human research can discover<br>

But the at himself knows, and will never confess <br>

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When you notice a cat in profound meditation<br>

The reason, I tell you, is always the same:<br>

His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation<br>

Of the thought<br>

Of the thought<br>

Of the thought<br>

Of his name <br>

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His ineffable effable effanineffable<br>

Deep and inscrutable singular name<br>

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