Macavity: The Mystery Cat Lyrics by Sharon Lee Hill, Geraldine Gardner, John Thornton, Jeff Shankley, Original London Cast of Cats
Cats (Original London Cast Recording)
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[DEMETER] Macavity's a mystery cat: He's called the Hidden Paw For he's a master criminal who can defy the law He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there! You may seek him in a basement, you may look up in the air... But I tell you once, and once again, Macavity's not there! [BOMBALURINA] Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in His brow is deeply lined in thought, his head is highly domed His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed He sways his head from side to side with movements like a snake And when you think he's half asleep... he's always wide awake! Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there! [DEMETER] He's outwardly respectable [BOMBALURINA] I know he cheats at cards [DEMETER] And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's [BOMBALURINA] And when the larder's looted [DEMETER] Or the jewel case is rifled [BOMBALURINA] Or when the milk is missing [DEMETER] Or another Peke's been stifled! [BOMBALURINA] Or the greenhouse glass is broken [DEMETER] And the trellis past repair [DEMETER & BOMBALURINA] There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there! Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare What ever time the deed took place, Macavity wasn't there! And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known [DEMETER] I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer [BOMBALURINA] Griddlebone [DEMETER & BOMBALURINA] Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time Just controls the operations: the Napoleon of Crime! [DEMETER & BOMBALURINA & FEMALE CATS] Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square But when a crime's discovered then Macavity Macavity Macavity! Macavity When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there
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