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Sat 10 February 2007

The In and Out Song - Listen
Garrison Keillor

Well I wanna go out, open that door if you love me
Gotta go out, wanna breathe the air.
I gotta get loose with that blue sky above me
I been here long enough, I gotta be there.

I wanna come in - what's the matter, can't you hear me?
I wanna come in, I am your cat!
I gotta get warm with the people I love near me
I been gone a long long time but now I'm back.

Now I wanna go out, I'm an independent creature
I am a cat, we're the wandering kind!
It's the call of the wild, I gotta get back to nature
These paws were made for walking and now it's time.

OK, I'm back, but not for long I'll soon be going
Gimme a bite now and I'm on my way.
Now open that door and I'll - good grief, it's snowing!
Open up - lemme in - I'm back to stay.

Well, now it's stopped, so thanks for all your lovin'
Gotta hop that freight, I'm a ramblin' guy.
Gotta hit that road, it's in my blood or something
I know you understand so please don't cry.

Hello it's me, I knew you'd probably miss me
So I came back, 'cause I missed you so.
But I can't stay long, so honey come and kiss me
I think I hear that lonesome whistle blow.

I'm on my way, gotta leave my mom and daddy
Gotta say goodbye, wanna hear that highway hum.
Now I'm all alone, I'm feeling so unhappy
It's time that I went back where I came from.

It's time to go back, time to put that road behind me
I drifted away, but I'm going back now.
Here's the little white house, here's that picket fence and the ivy
I'll scratch on the door - meow.

It's me . . . lemme in . . . I can hear you talking in there.
Hey - Mom!
All right, I get the joke!
Open up the door.

Meow.