Cat Came Back Lyrics - Singles - Sonny James

The cat came back 

Now old Uncle John had troubles of his own 

He had an ol' yellow cat that wouldn't leave home 

He tried everything he knew to keep the cat away 

Even gave it to a preacher an' he told it for to stay 

But the cat came back, the cat came back 

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 

'Cause he wouldn't stay away 

Now the cat was a terror and he thought it was best 

To give it to a fella who was headin' out west 

The train went around the corner an' it hit a broken rail 

Not a soul aboard the train lived to tell the tale 

But the cat came back, the cat came back 

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 

'Cause he wouldn't stay away 

He gave the ol' cat to the man in a balloon 

He told him to leave it with the man in the moon 

The balloon it busted and everybody said 

Ten miles away, they picked the man up dead 

But the cat came back, the cat came back 

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 

'Cause he wouldn't stay away 

Now the farmer on the corner's gonna kill the cat on site 

He's loaded up his gun full of nails an' dynamite 

He waited in the garden 'til the cat came 'round 

Seven little pieces of the man was all they found 

But the cat came back, the cat came back 

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 

'Cause he wouldn't stay away