Foreword A cat never knocks your pen off the desk while you are out of the room. She waits until you are watching, looks you in the eye, and then she pushes. Anything that needs an audience is a performance, and three cats who perform together are a band. A friend sent the hook, a parody of a Finnish goth-rock anthem, and the list of what her own cat likes to drop: pens, pencils, coasters, the mouse, the phone. Lyrics [Intro] One cat! Two cats! Three cats in a row! We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! [Verse 1] We sleep all day on your laundry pile And rise at midnight, single file. Six green eyes come down the hall, Twenty-seven lives between us all. Good morning. Is that pen for me? How kind. I'll wait until you see. I'd never push it on the sly. I always look you in the eye. One paw. One inch. No need to shout. I only want to help it out. [Pre-Chorus] It's such a lovely pen An inch from the edge I can't help it Can't help it Can't help-- [Chorus] We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! Pens and pencils, drop by drop, Till there's nothing left on top! We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! [Verse 2] It was a lovely pen. I know. I leaned right out to watch it go. I never break. I only nudge. And what the floor does, who's to judge? The coasters spin. The pencils hide. You tried to stop us. Oh, you tried. You tried the spray. You tried the tape. Your little mouse has no escape. [Pre-Chorus] It's such a lovely mouse Hanging by its tail I can't help it Can't help it Can't help-- [Chorus] We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! Pens and pencils, drop by drop, Till there's nothing left on top! We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! [Bridge] It was a lovely mouse. I'm just a tabby with a hobby. And gravity has never let us down. You pick it up, we knock it again, And again! And again! [Pre-Chorus] It's such a lovely phone Fresh out of the box I can't help it Can't help it Can't help-- [Final Chorus] We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! Pens and pencils, drop by drop, Till there's nothing left on top! We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! Mice and phones and coasters, drop by drop, Till there's nothing left on top! We wanna drop, nothing's gonna make us stop! [Outro] It was a lovely phone. Who, us? We were sitting here the whole time.
