Lyrics to
Alley Katz

This version of Alley Katz was released by Hall & Oates in 1978.

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Put on your feline finery “Da’ Katz” are meeting down below
If you feel like rocking with a Tabby, Tom, and Calico
It’ll dirty up your pedigree
But we guarantee a good time
Wee got some catnip that’ll set you free
Come on, Come on, paws on the line
Alley Katz, Allen Katz come out and play
Yowlin’ and howlin’ a social ballet
Out in the alley it’s strictly low brow
Alley Katz, Alley Katz make me meow, meow, meow
Felix is a puss in boots
He really likes to scratch and bite
Sylvester is unnatural
The Kitty is a catamite
He will dirty up your pedigree
He will guarantee a good time
He got some catnip that’ll set you free
Come on, Come on, paws on the line
Alley Katz, Alley Katz come out and play
Yowlin’ and howlin’ a social ballet
Out in the alley it’s strictly low brow
Alley Katz, Alley Katz make me meow, meow, meow

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About Lyrics and Alley Katz by Hall & Oates

When you decide to study the lyrics to Alley Katz, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Hall & Oates. Some of the lyrics to Alley Katz have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Hall & Oates and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Alley Katz if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Alley Katz" means the words set to the music of Alley Katz, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Alley Katz and the lyrics to Alley Katz are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to Alley Katz, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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