Attention cat lovers!

[When In Rome]

So this is a song by maybe my favourite band ever, Red House Painters. It's the opening song from the Old Ramon album and for years, though I am fond of this song and its melody, I assumed he was talking about a girlfriend or a woman in general, it is only recently that I learned this song is about his pet cat! I've posted the lyrics below for anyone to follow but it really is heartfelt and how fabulous to write such loving words about your pet! A long Egyptian face and big green eyes conjur up an image of an oriental feline perhaps and what does now intrigue me about the chorus line is the language - Spanish is it? Perhaps someone will confirm, in the meantime I hope you like the song and its intention even if you may not care for the band's sound, I guess Red House Painters are an acquired taste but I've long been a fan... enjoy!

Wop A Din Din - Red House Painters

She's got big green eyes
And a long Egyptian face
She moves across the floor
At her own pace
When I'm here in bed
She'll jump up on my chest
And when we lock eyes there's so much love
I wanna cry

She comes in near
When I scratch under her ear
And she lifts her head
When I kiss around her neck

Won't go to sleep
When she falls along my side
And two green eyes fade
To a porcelain marble white
And somehow when I sleep
She'll end up at my feet
And if I roll and kick her out
I might knock her to the ground
But she'll come back anyhow

Ella es mi hijita (she's my little daughter)
Más dulce que las cerezas (sweeter than cherries)
Pura como el agua (pure as water)
Con la nariz y las orejas rosas (pink nose and ears)

The morning comes
She squints up to shield out the sun
And she'll go and lay
In the warmest dusty rays
And I hold her face
She lays perfectly in place
And she'll yawn and stretch
And stare me down expressionless
And lay back down into her nest

And if someone calls
She'll race me out the hall
When she hears the phone
Then she knows I'm leaving home
She don't wanna be alone

And I know it's wrong
That I'm going away so long
And for her it's rough
I can't be with her enough
But I'll never give her up

Sus ojos brillan como el sol (eyes shine like the sun)
La amo más que nadie (i love her more than anything)
Con manchas de vaca (with cow pattern skin)
Más suave que cochinita (softer than a piglet)

And somehow when I sleep
She'll end up at my feet
And if I roll and kick her out
I might knock her to the ground
But she'll come back anyhow

 

[watersprite]

Very nice. Thanks for posting.

 

[toothless]

i love the photo of the cat and the lyrics,its like a good poem-i didnt listen to the music.

 

[When In Rome]

i didn't listen to the music.

That doesn't matter.