I Am a Kitten - Momus

When you caress your little cat

And stroke me with your hand

I know I’m just a kitten but

I long to be a man

My little eyes are Chinese blue

They view with some regret

This girl who’s stroking me

Regards me only as her pet

And though I’d love to be loved

The gods ordained it that

You were made a human being

And I turned out a cat

I am a kitten

I hate to sleep all rolled up small

And dream of butterflies

I hate to paw at balls of wool

And massacre poor mice

Stripey tails and pointy ears

Bore me half to tears

Those days have gone for good

Since I saw you in the nude

And though I’d love to be loved

We’ve got to face the fact:

You’re up there, a human being

And I’m down here, a cat

I am a kitten

I am a kitten

And though I’d love to be loved

I’ve had to face the fact:

The gods who made you a human being

Created me … a cat

I am a kitten

I am a kitten … miaow