Sleep on the Ledge

tune: "Meet on the Ledge" by Fairport Convention

The sun she shines,
Out o'er the land,
And I'm tired,
oh so tired.
Too many mice I've chased,
I've lived my life in haste again.
So now . . . .

Chorus:

I'll sleep on the ledge,
I'm gonna sleep on the ledge,
When I wake up I'll be a new cat again.
Sleep on the ledge,
I'm going to sleep on the ledge.
It works nine times for us,
Before the end.

I was a tabby once,
And a siamese,
I've been a manx, once or twice.
And I have lived off fish,
And I have chased my share of mice.
But now I'll . . .

Chorus

Now I'm a long-haired cat,
I shed on everything,
And I play with balls of string.
My owners love me though,
And they'll feed me anything.

But soon . . .

Chorus

Now the end is near,
And I am growing old,
My favorite human strokes my ears,
She reads a tale to me,
A poem I haven't heard in years.

(Segue into "The Heavyside Layer" from Cats)

Up, up, up, past the Russel hotel,
Up, up, up, up, to the Heavyside Layer . . .

Chorus 2:

And now I sleep on the ledge,
I go to sleep on the ledge,
And when I wake up,
I will see all my friends,
I go to sleep on the ledge,
Sleep on the ledge,
'Cause this ninth time, is really the end.

July 10,1998

For Gimpy, a cat after my own heart.