Cat's Blues

I'm gonna turn my back for awhile now

While nothing bad can or will befall

The lights welcome me all by myself

And the fires only bronze, they do not burn

Well, do you understand, girls, where it's going?

Ah, girls, that there's violence to come

Why, happiness, so happy now

They're crying ere the night has come

Children in the fields, they play, they reel

Scolded when they come home, dirty, crying

Well, love is forbidden outwardly

But inside there is no denying

So do all the shy boys bury their hats?

And they shuffle while they waste and hurt

They are men who bow before us now

And I do not trust them, no

How many children are there like this?

Yeah, and how many will I serve?

Oh, if I could have a clue what justice is

It would be more than I deserve

Oh, time is passing, come into my house

Loot the pantries and muss the sheets

Ere you've found a useful trinket here

Your host will be ten miles on by