Donald Fagen

Morph The Cat

He oozes down the heating duct
Swims like seaweed down the hall
He briefly digs your wiggy pad
And seeps out through the wall
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Kind of like an arc tic mind bath
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Cool and sweet and slight ly rough
Li quid light on New York Ci ty
Chris tmas with out the chintzy stuff
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continue simile with lyrics:
What exactly does he want
This Rabelasian puff of smoke
To make you feel all warm and cozy
Like you heard a good joke
Like you heard an Arlen tune
Or bought yourself a crazy hat
Like you had a Mango Cooler
Ooh- Morph the Cat
He's all the talk in shops and schoolyards
Sutton Place - the Automat
Players playin' in da Bronx
Respect to Morph the Cat
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Kind of like an arc tic mind bath
c5 d b b a a g
Cool and sweet and slight ly rough
Li quid light on New York Ci ty
Chris tmas with out the chintzy stuff
So rich is his char isma
You can almost hear it sing
He skims the roofs
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And bells begin to sing..
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.as verse,guitar with muted trumpet,
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Chi nese cashiers can feel it now
Grand old gals at evening mass
Young racketeers
And teenage models
Laughing on the grass
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Bles sed Yan kees have an ally
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When this fe line comes to bat
Brin ging joy to old Man hat tan
All watch the skies for Morph the Cat
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(G7no3) Em Dm Em Dm (G7no3) Em Dm Em Dm
g2 a g d a g d d d g a bb a g g a bb b....
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