Cats even mirror us in using (abusing?) intoxicants. This lyric parodies Cocaine Blues, made famous by the late Dave Van Ronk.

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COCAINE BLUES*   Baby, baby, you better    get here quick;    This old cocaine    'bout to make me sick--   COCAINE! Runnin' all 'round my brain.  Early one mornin'  about half past four,   cocaine come knockin'    at my door.   COCAINE! Runnin' all 'round my brain.            Yonder come my baby      she's dressed in red,    She's got a shotgun,      gonna kill me dead--      COCAINE! Runnin' all 'round my brain.          Cocaine's for horses,     It's not for men;     Doctor says it'll kill you,       He don't say when.   COCAINE! Runnin' all 'round my brain.       Every time me and my baby,   We go up town,   Police come and they     Knock me down.  COCAINE! Runnin' all 'round my brain.    [etc. . . ]  *Still looking for precise lyrics to Dave Van Ronk's version.

CATNIP BLUES   You better come here and help me,   You better come--ouch!   Look like it knocked my butt   Clean off the couch--   CATNIP! Takin' me on a trip.   Whoo-ee! Don't think I can hardly   Take no more . . .   Now it feels like I'm about to   Fall off the floor--   CATNIP! Makin' me lose my grip.     Now you start off, you think    Catnip gonna make you feel good --    But it can move you into a     Scary neighborhood . . .     CATNIP! Makin' my tail-bone flip.   Now, I'm supposed to be sure-footed,   Yessiree,      But I got two legs tangled up   With the other three.   CATNIP! Man, all I do is slip.   Hey, is that my own tail up ahead,   Or is that a rat?   Well, no matter what,   I'm goin' after that--   CATNIP! . . .  [ etc. . . . ]   Lyrics above copyright 2004  Brad Burg