like a cat

cyndi lauper

i lived in your shadow

i drove your car

you thought i belonged in your four walls

i was never your bunny

i was never

never your pet

when you threw me out the window

i landed on my feet

yeah you threw me out the window

like a

like a

like a cat

hey mister you can never own me

i only let you hold me like a cat

and mister you can never know me

i only let you stroke me

like a

like a

you thought i'd be purring

curled up by your fire

don't want to be kept for your desire

you said i should be happy

but it only made me sad

and when you could never tame me

that made you mad

no you could never tame me

like a

like a

like a cat

hey mister you can never own me

i only let you hold me like a cat

and mister you can never know me

i only let you stroke me

you rescued me i didn't want to be saved

i got tired of your missionary position babe

when you threw me out the window

i landed on my feet

yeah you threw me out the window

like

like a

like a cat

hey mister you can never own me

i only let you hold me like a cat

and mister you can never know me

i only let you stroke me like a cat

and mister you can never know me

i only let you hold me like a

no you never can own me

like a cat

no you never can own me

like a cat

no you never can own me

like a cat

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