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.   And 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 that you spit like that.      You look so weird and you're so far from home   But you really miss your mother   Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear   But it's no hanging matter   It's no capital crime      Bet your mama don't know you scream like that   I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that.      You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you   Well, why don't you bring her upstairs   If she's so wild she can join in too   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 you mama don't know you scream like that   I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that   I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back