Red Cat Ry Cooder

Well I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm a Red Cat through and through
Now you can't turn me yellow and you can't make me blue
You can't make me do things I know it's wrong to do
I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm telling you

Well a bunch of sneakin' deputies they came a-snooping round
Then they grabbed me in that alley whilst I was laying down
And then they threw me in the wagon and then they ran me in
Then they locked me in the jailhouse with all my hobo friends

Saying, "Where's that rat named Lefty?
And where's that frog named Tom?
Been agitating lately and spreading great alarm
The cows walked out this morning
And now the hens won't lay"
Said, "You're going to wreck our country
And it ain't the American Way"

I ain't no strikebreaker and I ain't no stoolie rat
Won't squeal on Tom and Lefty, I won't say where they're at
You can't scare me, copper, and I don't care what you do
I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm telling you

Now you think you're hard-boiled, you're just yellow inside
My daddy always warned me, now I know he's right
You're just cowards hiding behind a little tin star
And the people are starting to realize what a bunch of clowns you are