Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on her midnight growl So if you were a bird you would sing from a cage And if I were a cat I could watch you all day And I know in my mind that you'd never get away If I were a cat and you were a fine feathered fowl Sometimes I wish you were a ring tailed raccoon And sometimes I wish I was a hound out bayin' at the moon So if you were a roccoon you'd be hidin' anythin' And if I were a hound bayin' you what believe in You'd never get away from that scene no way soon If I were a hound and you were a ring tailed raccoon But if I were a cat and you were a fine fowl I'd take my little claw and I would caress your fine feathers through the bars And I'd open up the latch on the door of your cage And everyone would wonder how that birdie got away Not one little feather would I leave lay about If I were a cat and you were a fine fowl (miaw) If I were a cat and you were a fine fowl (miaw)