Loving made so easy

Hurting made so hard

Underneath that precious fur

You know there beats an angry heart



Pretty as a picture

Everybody's pet

Maybe I'll get to tame her yet



I can't live with the ghost

You know I need you the most

Mama don't stamp out the fire

Let me sink into those golden eyes of desire



Hey man, why'd you skin the cat

Hey man, why'd you do that

Hey man, why'd you skin the cat



Curled up in the corner

Soaking up the sun

All it takes is one wild dog

To make her turn on her heels and run



This creature soft and gentle

Lives unwritten laws

It don't take much provocation

To bring out those vicious claws



I feel it the most

I can't live with the ghost

Mama don't stamp out the fire

Let me sink into those golden eyes of desire



Hey man, why'd you skin the cat

Hey man, why'd you do that

Hey man, why'd you skin the cat



Hey girl, can't you smell a rat

Hey man, why'd you do that

Hey man, why'd you skin the cat



Look at that creature

Sitting in the window

Soaking up the sun

Who'd have believed that feline thing

Could strike fear into the heart of anyone



Out the door into the dark

Across the street into the park

Kitten turns into a lion

Hunting for a pound of flesh

That she can lie on



Hey man, why'd you skin the cat

Hey man, why'd you do that

Hey man, why'd you skin the cat



Hey girl, can't you smell a rat

Hey man, why'd you do that

Hey man, why'd you skin the cat