CATS - Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats Lyrics
SOLO:Are you blind when you're born? Can you see in the dark?Dare you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne?Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?Are you ***** of the walk when you're walking alone?Because jellicles are and jellicles doJellicles do and jellicles wouldJellicles would and jellicles canJellicles can and jellicles doWhen you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?Do you know how to go to the heaviside layer?Because jellicles can and jellicles doJellicles do and jellicles canJellicles can and jellicles doJellicles do and jellicles canJellicles can and jellicles doCan you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?Familiar with candle, with book, and with bell?Were you Whittington's friend? The Pied Piper's assistant?Have you been an alumnus of heaven and hell?Are you mean like a minx? Are you lean like a lynx?Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?Were you there when the pharaoh commissioned the Sphinx?If you were, and you are, you're a jellicle catJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsWe can dive through the air like a flying trapezeWe can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tireWe can run up a wall, we can swing through the treesWe can balance on bars, we can walk on a wireJellicles can and jellicles doJellicles can and jellicles doJellicles can and jellicles doJellicles can and jellicles doJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsCan you sing at the same time in more than one key?Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss?And can you (as cats do) begin with a 'C'?That always triumphantly brings down the house?Jellicle cats are queen of the nightsSinging at astronomical heightsHandling pieces from the 'Messiah'Hallelujah, angelical ChoirThe mystical divinity of unashamed felinityRound the cathedral rang 'Vivat'Life to the everlasting cat!Feline, fearless, faithful and trueTo others who do-whatJellicles do and jellicles canJellicles can and jellicles doJellicle cats sing jellicle chantsJellicles old and jellicles newJellicle song and jellicle danceJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsPractical cats, dramatical catsPragmatical cats, fanatical catsOratorical cats, Delphicoracle catsSkeptical cats, Dispeptical catsRomantical cats, Pedantical catsCritical cats, parasitical catsAllegorical cats, metaphorical catsStatistical cats and mystical catsPolitical cats, hypocritical catsClerical cats, hysterical catsCynical cats, rabbinical catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsJellicle songs for jellicle catsBut the cats are not alone. Humans (the audience) are presentin the cats' private world. The cats are at first reluctant andsuspicious to include others in their domain.SOLO:There's a man over there with a look of surpriseAs much as to say well now how about that?Do I actually see with my own very eyesA man who's not heard of a jellicle cat?MAN:What's a jellicle cat?ALL (Echoing):What's a jellicle cat?
