I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs   I know you're no scare-eyed honey   There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs   But it's no hanging matter   It's no capital crime      I can see that you're fifteen years old   No I don't want your I.D.   I can see that you're so far from home   But it's no hanging matter   It's no capital crime      Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat   Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that   Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat   Bet your mama don't know you scream like that   I bet your mother don't know you can spit like that      You look so weird and you're so far from home   But you don't really miss your mother   You don't look so scared, I'm no mad-brained bear   But it's no hanging matter   It's no capital crime, oh yeah      I bet your mama don't know that you scratch like that   I bet she don't know you can bite like that      You say, you got a friend, that she's wilder than you   Why don't you bring her upstairs   If she's so wild then she can join in too   It's no hanging matter   It's no capital crime      Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat   Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that   Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat   I bet you mama don't know you can bite like that   I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back