Based on a true story! ©2026 Echo Grove Music. All rights reserved. Lyrics written and owned by Echo Grove Music. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☽ ✩ ☾ ⋆⁺₊⋆ [VERSE 1] Coffee going cold on the sill again, Watching Queen Fluffy work the feeder. The red-tailed step children munching seeds Perched on the shed, tails like rudders. The trees are scorched from summer's teeth, Sunlight coming sharp through the branches. This is my kingdom of small gray things, Every morning, the same soft dances. [PRE-CHORUS] Then a shadow steps into the yard, Quiet as a rumor, low to the ground, Both pet and predator, fences disregard... [CHORUS] Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone, This ain't your garden, this ain't your home. I built this place for the small ones' sake, Every seed I scatter, every branch I break. Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone.... [VERSE 2] He don't rush, like he don't really know, Sauntering slow like he owns the season. Little Grey freezes with her peanut raised, Queen Fluffy bolts before she sees the reason. Then it's fur in the air and a scatter of leaves, Six small hearts going ninety at once, Tails like flags disappearing up trunks, And the yard goes still in the space of a breath. [PRE-CHORUS 2] The cat sits down where the feeder swings, Licks his paw like nothing happened, Death and innocence, beyond human sins... [CHORUS 2] Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone, This ain't your garden, this ain't your home. I know you're just doing what cats do, But this small kingdom, it wasn't built for you. Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone.... [BRIDGE] He turned when I called him, Came closer, not away. Someone's boy, wearing no collar, Someone's boy, out to play. He don't crouch, he don't sneak, He just walks in like he lives here. Sits down right beneath the feeder, Casual as the atmosphere. [FINAL CHORUS] Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone, This ain't your garden, this ain't your home. I know you're just doing what cats do, But this small kingdom, it wasn't built for you. Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone.... [Outro] Hey, kitty, leave dem squirrels alone. But maybe, You can come inside someday...
