Cathouse Blues

Written by S. Nicks

I got the cathouse blues I wear the high hats
The high-heeled shoes
Ooh, oh, darlin', it's hard to be surrounded Where the women are lazy
And the men are rude
I got the catwalk, don't talk blues I creep on cat's feet
I don't speak loose
Yourself in velvet
Forget we ever met
I got the closed in
The cathouse blues
Blue-grey eyes that say "I guess you don't remember I guess that I was younger" Touche, the cat sleeps alone Sleeps only in the sun But she'll awake the night
And she'll be gone
Singin' the cathouse blues I need some new red velvet shoes I'm still a dreamer's fancy Well, they say I'm pretty classy I'm just a feelin' silky cat come true I'm just a feelin' silky cat come true
I'm just a feelin' silky cat come true
Oh yeah...

I'm still a dreamer's fancy They say I'm pretty classy Just a feelin' silky cat come true I'm just a feelin' silky cat come true
I'm just a feelin' silky cat come true

Yeah


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

This is such a fun, bluesy song, but even so it still has a little bit of melancholy to it (as all blues should!) She starts out almost self-deprecating, talking about the "high-heeled shoes" she's always wearing, surrounded by lazy women and rude men! Hmm! She's feeling pretty claustrophobic (those studios probably get a little confining after a while). Then we get to the famous blue-grey eyes that have inspired so many songs (like Blue Denim, for instance). She says that Lindsey thinks she must not remember what love is, what it was like when they were both younger and adored each other....and she says that she indeed is lonely now, but she'll recover.."she'll awake the night and she'll be gone," getting herself some new shoes to boot! And there's nothing like a new pair of shoes to cheer a gal up and get rid of the blues!


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