The butterfly sailed on the breeze 
Past a field of barbed wire trees 
Where golden dragons chased around 
Pampered poppies on the ground 
Two silver trout sat way on high 
And watched a royal samurai 
Plant two black orchids in a box 
And strap it to a laughing fox 
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon 
He gave it to a blue baboon 
Who filled it full of virgin snow 
And watched it in the afterglow

Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes 
Teaching sixteen kangaroos 
How to skip across a lake 
They found it hard to stay awake 
A pharaoh played a merry tune 
And watched nine cats dance on the moon 
I didn't know what all this meant 
I didn't know why I'd been sent.

The Insignificance version of Nine Cats 
has the following additional verse at the end:

I threw 5 clocks down on my bed 
The chimes danced out on golden threads 
And turned to footprints on my wall 
Sequined tears began to fall