Skin The Cat

Jools Holland · Swing Album [2001]

I got a piano

got 88 keys

got ten little fingers

i play what i please

tie your toes

and hang on to your hat

i'm gonna show you

how to skin that cat



Everybody wants to know

the latest thing

and what they're ganna wear

and what they're gonna sing

i don't know what it is

and i don't know what it's at

the only thing i know

is how to skin that cat



You should shoot me

from a cannon

and i'd ask for more

win the grand prix

i'd still be bored

win a marathon

in 30 seconds flat

but all i wanna do

is skin that cat



Samson and Delila

what a funny pair

she took a knife

and cut off all his hair

said hey

what do you think about that

i bet you didn't think

i could skin that cat