Red Cat Till I Die Lyrics - Cooder Ry

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 the 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 

Now 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 hidin' behind a little tin star 

And the people are starting to realize what a bunch of clowns you are 

Well I might have been a banker without the least excuse 

Now I might have been the President, but tell me what's the use 

Might have been an FBI man but I ain't no Peepin' Tom 

Then I might have been a deputy and put my white sheet on 

But I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm a Red Cat through and through 

I won't fight your rich man's war and kill poor folks for you 

Now you can't make me do things that I know it's wrong to do 

I'm a Red Cat till I die, I'm telling you