Mitski - That White Cat Lyrics

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"That White Cat"

I see him through my window
The white neighborhood cat marking my house
It's supposed to be my house
But I guess, according to cats, now it's his house

Mama told me things will leave you
They get broken, they get lost
The only thing you can trust
Is what you lived through
Mama, how 'bout when I die?
What do you hold onto? Hey

Gotta go to work
To pay for that cat's house
For the red-corseted wasp who lives in the roof
For the family of possums
For the bugs who drink my blood
And the birds who eat those bugs
So that white cat can kill the birds
What do you hold onto? Hey

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Writer(s): Mitsuki Laycock

album: "Nothing's About To Happen To Me" (2026)

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