[Verse 1] There’s a black cat hangs out on Elm Street With a torn left ear Tonight it's on Mrs. Lane’s porch steps It sits and listens to the house breathe It won't beg, it never purrs Just stares straight through the screen Old dogs back off the porch in silence And the children look for something else to do [Pre-Chorus] Every porch light knows That spooky black cat Every screen door shivers When it comes around [Chorus] Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It knows every person on the block Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It plays a game older than the town (Oh, Elm Street Cat) You can call all night, it won't move an inch It just makes the whole block still [Verse 2] Out in the downpour, high on the brick wall Tail hooked like a question mark Back looks like the St. Louis arch Mr. Finch swears he saw it drinking at dusk Before his well ran thick with iron And the iron latch fused on his cellar door (Whoah!) [Pre-Chorus] When that cat comes around The crickets stop chirping The moths fly away And The whole street goes quiet [Chorus] Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It knows every person on the block Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It plays a game older than the town (Oh, Elm Street Cat) You can call all night, it won't move an inch It just makes the whole block still [Bridge] One black paw on the mailbox One eye turned to amber We keep telling ourselves it’s just a stray While the cold settles deep in our chests Then it slips right through the hedge Silent as grease, smooth as a shadow And somewhere down by the alley edge Something small gives a sudden, terrible cry [Final Chorus] Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It knows every person on the block Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat It plays a game older than the town (Oh, Elm Street Cat) You can call all night, it won't move an inch It just makes the whole block still Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat Waiting under every light Elm Street Cat, Elm Street Cat This neighborhood doesn't need him
