Strange Fruit's cover version
Catlong sighs holding Kitty's black tooth
She left to marry some top cat, ain't the cold truth
And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin
Whoa, yes
It's young dudes are muscling in
Jack Knife cries
She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle
And them tin cans are exploding outside in heat
Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street
And he say, "Oh, what can I do?
Oh, yeah, what can I do?
Yeah, what can I do?
What can I do"
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, da, da, da, da, da
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba
And Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights, 'cause a big wheel
Well, baby, you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're long 'round
Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
Oh, get right, a-get tight, a-get down
Oh, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Yeah, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Now
'Cause Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Well, Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh, Kitty's back in town, yeah (here she comes now)
Well, Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Kitty's back in town (whoa!)
Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town
The above lyrics are for Strange Fruit's cover version of KITTY'S BACK. They recorded the song at Larione 10 Studio in Florence, Italy, and released it on the various artists Bruce Springsteen tribute album For You: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen.
Angelo Teardo: lead vocal
Francesco Bottai: electric and acoustic guitar, background vocals
Giovanni Dall'Orto: bass, background vocals
Cristiano Bottai: drums, background vocals
Art Labriola: piano
Produced by Ernesto De Pascale
Arranged by E. De Pascale and Strange Fruit
Additional production by Ermanno Labainca
Recorded at Larione 10 Studio, Firenze
Engineered by Sergio Salaorni
Additional recordings at Clinton Studio, New York City by James A. Ball
Mixed by James A. Ball at Villa Condulmer Stiudio, Venezia
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help and thanks Alessandro Cattaneo.
List of available versions of KITTY'S BACK on this website:
KITTY'S BACK [Album version]