Red Cat

Well I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm a Red Cat through and through

Now you can't turn me yellow and you can't make me blue

You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do

I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you

Well a bunch of sneakin' deputies they came a-snooping round

Then they grabbed me in the alley whilst I was laying down

And then they threw me in the wagon and then they ran me in

Then they locked me in the jailhouse with all my hobo friends

Saying Where's that rat named Lefty

And where's that frog named Tom

Been agitating lately

And spreading great alarm

Now the cows walked out this morning

And now the hens won't lay

Said You're going to wreck our country

And it ain't the American Way

I ain't no strikebreaker and I ain't no stoolie rat

Won't squeal on Tom and Lefty I won't say where they're at

You can't scare me copper and I don't care what you do

I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you

Now you think you're hard-boiled you're just yellow inside

My daddy always warned me now I know he's right

You're just cowards hidin' behind a little tin star

And the people are starting to realize what a bunch of clowns you are

Well I might have been a banker without the least excuse

Now I might have been the President but tell me what's the use

Might have been an FBI man but I ain't no Peepin' Tom

Then I might have been a deputy and put my white sheet on

But I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm a Red Cat through and through

I won't fight your rich man's war and kill poor folks for you

Now you can't make me do things that I know it's wrong to do

I'm a Red Cat till I die I'm telling you