Well you try chainin' me down from gettin' my kicks
But you oughta know you can't teach an old cat new tricks
It's plain to see that I'm the prowling kind
You can't housebreak a tomcat with tomcattin' on his mind

Well I've been accused of liking variety
But I guess that proves there's nothing wrong with me
A man can't wear the same shoes all the time
You can't housebreak a tomcat with tomcattin' on his mind

I'm going to the city to meet a little kitty in a sandbox way downtown
Watch the cat hair fly if mama passes by and catches me out cattin' around
There's gotta be the more than one way to skin a cat
Baby you try skinnin' this with a baseball bat
With eight lives gone I'm workin' on number nine
You can't housebreak a tomcat with tomcattin' on his mind
[ guitar ] I'm going to the city to meet a little kitty...
You can't housebreak a tomcat with tomcattin' on his mind