For a kitten marked with tabby stripes and heavier than lead
I'm sitting on my couch when I would rather be in bed
I may just be soft-hearted, I can scarcely question that
But should I stand to go to bed, I'll wake my sleeping cat
Chorus:
Under the kitten beast with fur of brown and grey
And I'm free to rise and move if I just push the cat away
But it's so sweetly purring as it sleeps upon my chest
For just a few more minutes I will let the kitten rest
I sat down here this evening, the kitten on my knee
It climbed up to my shoulder as I sat to watch TV
And sometime during Jeopardy it then began to creep
Until it reached my midriff and then promptly fell asleep
Chorus
As I sit my breathing slows, I start to yawn and blink
But the kitten is still sleeping, and by this time I might think
To stir it from its slumber is beyond my will or powers
"For just a few more minutes" I have sat here several hours
Chorus
(Final verse: yawn at intervals)
For a kitten marked with tabby stripes and heavier than lead
I'm sitting on my couch when I would rather be in bed
I may just be soft-hearted, I can scarcely question that
But should I stand to go to bed ... ("shh!"...) I'll wake my sleeping cat.