CATS - Macavity: The Mystery Cat lyrics

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Macavity's a mystery cat<br />

He's called the Hidden Paw<br />

For he's a master criminal who can defy the law<br />

He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard<br />

The Flying Squad's despair<br />

For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there<br />

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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity<br />

He's broken every human law<br />

He breaks the law of gravity<br />

His powers of levitation<br />

Would make a fakir stare<br />

And when you reach the scene of crime, Macavity's not there<br />

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You may seek him in the basement<br />

You may look up in the air<br />

But I tell you once and once again<br />

Macavity's not there<br />

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Macavity's a ginger cat<br />

He's very tall and thin<br />

You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in<br />

His brow is deeply lined in thought<br />

His head is highly domed<br />

His coat is dusty from neglect<br />

His whiskers are uncombed<br />

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He sways his head from side to side<br />

With movements like a snake<br />

And when you think he's half asleep<br />

He's always wide awake<br />

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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity<br />

He's a fiend in feline shape<br />

A monster of depravity<br />

You may meet him in a by-street<br />

You may see him in the square<br />

But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there<br />

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He's outwardly respectable<br />

I know he cheats at cards<br />

And his footprints are not found in any files<br />

Of Scotland Yard's<br />

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And when the larder's looted<br />

Or the jewel cases rifled<br />

Or when the milk is missing<br />

Or another Peke's been stifled<br />

Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair<br />

There's the wonder of the thing, Macavity's not there!<br />

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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity<br />

There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity<br />

He always has an alibi and one or two to spare<br />

Whatever time the deed took place, Macavity wasn't there!<br />

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And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known<br />

(I might mention Mungojerrie)<br />

(I might mention Griddlebone)<br />

Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time<br />

Just controls the operations, the Napoleon of crime!<br />

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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity<br />

He's a fiend in feline shape<br />

A monster of depravity<br />

You may meet him in a by-street<br />

You may see him in the square<br />

But when a crime's discovered then Macavity,Macavity,Macavity<br />

When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!<br />

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Macavity's not there!<br />

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