Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Louis the Cat lyrics

We didn't know why we were living We were hanging on by two strings 'Til you came into our life and You changed our blues and our minds It's the way we had always imagined it would feel Owning a cat was really a new big deal Then suddenly one night we called and you didn't answer And to our surprise we found that you were gone For days we searched in lanes that you once roamed Through a sweet hope that someday you'll come home For nine months you gave us only pleasure From the start we knew you were a treasure You ate, you slept, you sprayed Our little short-haired marmalade We're almost too sad to mention your name Our eye-teeth we'd give to see you again Then suddenly one night we called and you didn't answer And to our surprise we found that you were gone For days we searched in lanes that you once roamed Through a sweet hope that someday you'll come home