| Song | Big City Cat |
| Artist | Steve Forbert |
| Album | Alive on Arrival |
| 作曲 : Forbert | |
| Buildings an' people down under the skies, | |
| I walk down the street lookin' out through my eyes, | |
| I'm getting so skinny it hurts to sit down, | |
| I'm deep in the well, | |
| I'm in the rat trap town. | |
| Where it's dirty for dirty, it's an eye for an eye, it's a tooth for a tooth an' a sigh for a sigh an' ev'rything's edgy like musical chairs an' ev'ryone's lookin', but who really cares? | |
| Well, I'm tryna get up, tryna laugh in my head, | |
| I'm walkin' on eggs and | |
| I'm climbin' on thread. | |
| There's motors an' traffic an' racket an' horns; my weary ol' stairway is wobbly an' worn. | |
| There a hissin' of heaters an' bangin' ol' pipes, screaming of women an' laughin' all night, there's babies a-cryin' an' somebody's dog, he's barkin' so loudly, there's a man in the hall... | |
| Hell, it's some kinda lunatic followin' me. | |
| He's down by the john so | |
| I can't take a pee. | |
| I'm 's'posed t' be happy, | |
| I'm here where it's at, | |
| I'm a face in the crowd, | |
| I'm a big city cat. |
| zuò qǔ : Forbert | |
| Buildings an' people down under the skies, | |
| I walk down the street lookin' out through my eyes, | |
| I' m getting so skinny it hurts to sit down, | |
| I' m deep in the well, | |
| I' m in the rat trap town. | |
| Where it' s dirty for dirty, it' s an eye for an eye, it' s a tooth for a tooth an' a sigh for a sigh an' ev' rything' s edgy like musical chairs an' ev' ryone' s lookin', but who really cares? | |
| Well, I' m tryna get up, tryna laugh in my head, | |
| I' m walkin' on eggs and | |
| I' m climbin' on thread. | |
| There' s motors an' traffic an' racket an' horns my weary ol' stairway is wobbly an' worn. | |
| There a hissin' of heaters an' bangin' ol' pipes, screaming of women an' laughin' all night, there' s babies acryin' an' somebody' s dog, he' s barkin' so loudly, there' s a man in the hall... | |
| Hell, it' s some kinda lunatic followin' me. | |
| He' s down by the john so | |
| I can' t take a pee. | |
| I' m ' s' posed t' be happy, | |
| I' m here where it' s at, | |
| I' m a face in the crowd, | |
| I' m a big city cat. |