Some Cats Know

The old prospector's nose for gold

The sailor who can read the sky

The gambler's sense of when to fold

The trick to making apple pie

These mysteries one cannot explain

This old black art, so queer and quaint

Like making love or making rain

Either you got it, or you ain't

Some cats know

You can tell by the touchin'

They don't come on a-huffin' and a-puffin' an'

A-grabbin' and a-clutchin'

Some cats know

How to take it nice an' slow

But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know

Some cats know

How to stir up the feelin'

They keep foolin' 'round 'til you're halfway to the ceilin'

Some cats know

How to make the honey flow

But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know

Some cats know just where it's at

They're not like some others

I would druther one like that

If I had my druthers

Some cats know

How to play nice and pretty

Nice and soft an' soon you're off to

GOOD TIME CITY

Some cats know

How to take it nice and slow

But if a cat don't know, a cat don't know

He just don't know