Cat And Mouse
by Bert Jansch
From the album: A Rare Conundrum
Track 12 of 14 on A Rare Conundrum (1977).
Duration: 2:34
Lyrics for Cat And Mouse
It may not be a palace It's not a country house Don't you try and move me You'll never get me out You can play tomcat I'll play the mouse You can call me a squatter A vagabond, a louse But like you I'm human Need shelter, need love You can play tomcat I'll play the mouse It's been standing cold and empty Abandoned like a child It's got boards on the windows The garden's grown wild But it keeps me from the rain From the cold nights sleeping rough It keeps me from going insane There was me and my good lady In a threadbare cotton blouse Like paupers with the children Tramping the city streets Now you can play tomcat I'll play the mouse We've taken our stand We've taken this house We'll treat it like gold With love and with care Now you can play tomcat I'll play the mouse Now you can't buy a drink At the local public inn The old timers there Say it's them squatters again They don't pay no rent Like decent folks do They're ragged and dirty too