San Francisco Singer/Songwriter David Serotkin

Well Old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own
He had an old yellow cat that wouldn't leave his home
He tried and he tried to give the cat away
He gave him to a man who was going far away

But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back you know they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back he just wouldn't stay away
No no no no

The old man 'round the corner said he'd shoot the cat on sight
So he loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite
He waited and he waited for that cat to come around
But ninety seven pieces of that man were all that they found

But the cat came back�

Well they put him in a time machine and sent him to a place
Where dinosaurs would surely eat him, leaving not a trace
But when the thing returned their smiles quickly were destroyed
For there stood a tyrannosaur, looking quite annoyed

But the cat came back�

Well the H-bomb fell just the other day
The Atom bomb fell in the very same way
Russia went, France went, Spain went
Even the U.S.A went�

But the cat came back�