Cat and Mouse
Gerry Rafferty

As you crossed the room, I was all wrapped up in my cocoon
When you said hello, I had nowhere to run and I had nowhere to go
With a fool like you, I will say anything you want me to
With a fool like me, I€™m amazed at how you take it all so seriously.

People come and people go, and people want to tell you just how much they know
But I€™m runnin€™ out of alibis, I got one thing left that I can€™t deny
Yes I€™m doin€™ time, doin€™ time, and it won€™t be long €˜til I cross that line
Yes the day will come when it€™s time to go, you better get ready, €˜cause now you know.

In a place like this, you abandon all hope, you just exist
You can€™t break the spell, well you know you€™re not in heaven, but you might be in hell.

People come and people go, and people want to tell you just how much they know
But I€™m runnin€™ out of alibis, I got one thing left that I can€™t deny
Yes I€™m doin€™ time, doin€™ time, and it won€™t be long €˜til I cross that line
Yes the day will come when it€™s time to go, you better get ready, €˜cause now you know.

As you crossed the room, I was all wrapped up in my cocoon
When you said hello, I had nowhere to run and I had nowhere to go.

(fade)
Yes I€™m runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™
Yes I€™m runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™, runnin€™

Drums: Pick Withers
Hammond Organ: Alan Clark
Synthesizers: Alan Clark
Piano: Kenny Craddock
Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns
Percussion: Frank Riccotti
Lead Vocals: Gerry Rafferty
Backing Vocals: Gerry Rafferty / Christopher Neil


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Lyrics by Gerry Rafferty

  A Dangerous Age   A New Beginning   A Change of Heart   A Dangerous Age   A New Beginning   All Souls   All the Best People Do It   Already Gone   Another World   As Wise as a Serpent   Back On My Feet Again   Bajan Moon   Baker Street   Benediction   Benjamin Day   Big Change In The Weather   Blind Faith   Blood and Glory   Bring It All Home   Cafe in Cabotin   Can I Have My Money Back   Can I Have My Money Back?   Change Of Heart   Children of the Sun   City to City   Clear Day   Coconut Tree   Conscious Love   Days Gone Down   Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes)   Didn't I   Didn't I?   Didn't I   Does He Know What He's Taken On   Does He Know What He's Taken On   Don't Close the Door   Don't Count Me Out   Don't Get Me Wrong   Don't Give Up on Me   Don't Speak of My Heart   Don't Close The Door   Don't Count Me Out   Don't Get Me Wrong   Don't Give Up On Me   Don't Speak Of My Heart   Down and Out   Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fi...   Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn O...   Everytime I Wake Up   Family Tree   Found My Way To You   Garden of England   Get It Right Next Time   Get It Right the Next Time   Get Out of My Life Woman   Gets So Lonely   Good Intentions   Half a Chance   Hang On   Hearts Desire   Hearts Run Dry   Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway   Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway   Home And Dry   Home From Home   I Can't Stop Now   I Can't Stop Now   I Could Be Wrong   I See Red   I Was a Boy Scott   In Transit   Island   It's Better This Way   It's Easy to Talk   It's Gonna Be a Long Night   It's Better This Way   It's Easy To Talk   It's Gonna Be A Long Night   Johnny's Song   Johnny's Song   Keep It to Yourself   La Fenetre   Late Again   Life Goes On   Lonesome Polecat   Long Way Round   Look at the Moon   Look Over the Hill and Far Away   Love and Affection   Make You, Break You   Mary Skeffington   Mattie's Rag   Mattie's Rag   Metanoia   Moonlight and Gold   Mr Universe   Mr. Universe   My Singing Bird   New Street Blues   Next To Me   Night Owl   North and South   Nothing Ever Happens Down Here   Nothing's Gonna Make Me Change My Mind   Nothing's Gonna Make Me Change My Mind   On a Night Like This   On the Way   One Drink Down   Out the Blue   Over My Head   Patrick   Please Sing a Song for Us   Rick Rack   Right Down The Line   Right or Wrong   Royal Mile   Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')   Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')   Shipyard Town   Shoeshine Boy   Sign on the Dotted Line   Sleepwalking   So Bad Thinking   Song For Simon   Standing at the Gates   Star   Stealin' Time   Stealin' Time   Steamboat Row   Stuck In The Middle With You   Sweet Love   Sweet Surrender   Syncopatin Sandy   Syncopatin' Sandy   Take the Money and Run   The Ark   The Garden Of England   The Girl's Got No Confidence   The Girl's Got No Confidence   The Grinches   The Land of the Chosen Few   The Light of Love   The Long Way Round   The Right Moment   The Tourist   The Waters of Forgetfulness   The Way It Always Starts   The Way That You Do It   Time's Caught Up on You   Time's Caught Up On You   Tired of Talking   To Each and Everyone   Trouble With Love   Unselfish Love   Waiting for the Day   Waltz   Wastin' Away   Wastin' Away   Welcome to Hollywood   What More Could You Want   Whatever's Written in Your Heart   Whatever's Written In Your Heart   When I Rest   Where I Belong   Who Cares?   Whose House Is It Anyway?   Why Want You Talk To Me   Why Won't You Talk to Me   Why Won't You Talk To Me   Winter's Come   Winter's Come   Wishbone   Wrong Thinking   Xavier and Honor   You Put Something Better Inside of Me

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