Macavity: The Mystery Cat-The West End Performers

[ti:Macavity] [ar:The Theatreland Chorus] [al:Cats (Hits from the Musical)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Macavity - The Theatreland Chorus [00:05.85]Written by：Lloyd Webber/Eliot [00:11.71]Macavity's a mystery cat [00:14.25]He's called the hidden paw [00:17.28]For he's a master criminal who can defy the law [00:22.64]He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard [00:25.66]The Flying Squad's despair [00:28.58]For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there [00:33.96] [00:46.39]Macavity Macavity there's no one like Macavity [00:51.63]He's broken every human law [00:54.40]He breaks the law of gravity [00:57.23]His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare [01:02.88]And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there [01:08.12]You may seek him in the basement [01:11.28]You may look up in the air [01:15.29] [01:15.92]But I tell you once and once again [01:19.31]Macavity's not there [01:21.81] [01:22.33]Macavity's a ginger cat [01:25.13]He's very tall and thin [01:27.96]You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in [01:33.50]His brow is deeply lined in thought [01:36.62]His head is highly domed [01:39.29]His coat is dusty from neglect [01:42.37]His whiskers are uncombed [01:44.55] [01:45.06]He sways his head from side to side [01:47.98]With movements like a snake [01:50.11] [01:50.68]And when you think he's half asleep [01:53.70]He's always wide awake [01:55.92] [01:56.83]Macavity Macavity there's no one like Macavity [02:02.38]For he's a fiend in feline shape [02:05.11]A monster of depravity [02:07.79]You may meet him in a by-street [02:10.45]You may see him in the square [02:13.54]But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there [02:18.70] [02:19.33]He's outwardly respectable [02:25.20]I know he cheats at cards [02:29.18] [02:30.25]And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's [02:40.61] [02:42.36]And when the larder's looted [02:44.58]Or the jewel cases rifled [02:47.89]Or when the milk is missing [02:50.66]Or another peke's been stifled [02:53.42]Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair [03:00.84]There's the wonder of the thing [03:03.68]Macavity's not there [03:06.09] [03:06.70]Macavity Macavity there's no one like Macavity [03:12.43]He's a fiend in feline shape [03:15.08]A monster of depravity [03:17.74]You may meet him in a by-street [03:20.56]You may see him in the square [03:23.60]But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there