Musicals - Cats: Macavity The Mystery Cat Lyrics
Macavity![Verse 1]Demeter:Macavity's a Mystery cat: He's called the HiddenpawFor he's the master criminal who can defy the lawHe's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despairFor when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there![Chorus]Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like MacavityHe's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravityHis powers of levitation would make a fakir stareAnd when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not thereYou may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air...But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there![Verse 2]Bombalurina:Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thinYou would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken inHis brow is deeply lined in thought, his head is highly domedHis coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombedHe sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snakeAnd when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake[Chorus]Both:Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like MacavityHe's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravityYou may meet him in a by - street, you may see him in the squareBut when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there![Verse 3]Demeter:He's outwardly respectable,Bombalurina:I know he cheats... at cards...And his footprints are not found in any files of... Scotland... Yard'sAnd when the larder's looted... or the jewel case is rifledOr when the milk is missing or another peke's been stifledOr the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repairThere's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there![Chorus]Both:Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like MacavityThere never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavityHe always has an alibi, and one or two to spareWhat ever time the deed took place Macavity's not there![Verse 4]And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely knownI might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention GriddleboneAre nothing more than agents for the cat who all the timeJust controls the operations: the Napoleon of Crime![Chorus]Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like MacavityHe's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravityYou may meet him in a by - street, you may see him in the squareBut when a crime's discovered then Macavity, MacavityMacavity, MacavityWhen a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there
