A long, long time ago,
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In the land of idiot boys,
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There live a cat, a phenomenal cat,
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Who loved to wallow all day.
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No one bothered him
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As he sat, content in his tree.
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He just lived to eat 'cause it kept him fat,
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And that's how he wanted to stay.
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Though he was big and fat,
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All the world was good to him,
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And he pointed out on the map
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All the places he had been.
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[Cowes, Cathage,Karthom,Cannes?], [India,Sardinia?], Kathmandu,
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The Scilley Isles and Sahara, too
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Fum, fum, diddle-um di
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La la la la, la-la la la
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La la la la, la-la la la la
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La la la la-la la la
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Once when he was thin
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He had flown to old Hong Kong,
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And had learned the secret of life,
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And the sea and the sky beyond.
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So he gave up his diet and sat in a tree,
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And ate himself through eternity.
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Fum, fum, diddle-um di
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La la la la la-la la la
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La la la la, la-la la la la
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La la la la-la la la
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Fum, fum, diddle-um di
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Fum, fum, diddle-um di
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Phenomenal Cat
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The Kinks |