Lyrics

While The Cat's Away

Whispers in the shadows, voices in the dark
Footsteps on the pavement, sirens in the park
Noiseless nightmare shattered by a squeaking lock
Backstreet heart beat pounding like a wounded clock
It's the heart of a heartless day
And look who's coming out to play
While the cat's away

Stumble on the staircase tumble in the hall
Laughter in the distance, laughter in the walls
Faceless faces peering out the windowpane
Graceless graces walking up and down the lane
It's another working holiday
And look who's coming out to play
While the cat's away

Don't come around here again if you know what's good for you
You say you know ya I know but it's not true
Take back your fifty-cent good luck horseshoe if you want to
You don't want love you want someone to cling to
When lions roar inside your head
And tigers growl beneath your bed

Somewhere in the darkness everybody knows
What the jungle rules are, how the orders go
Cats are kings and they do what they damn well please
Mice and men they both shiver with the same disease
They waste their little lives away
Waiting for a chance to play
While the cat's away.