The Greatest Man Cat That Ever Lived - Weezer
[
the song opens up to the sound of applause. regallegro stands ontop of a trashcan with his eyes closed, knowing the applause is for him, then jumps down when the lyrics begin, flirting rather casually with females in his..."audience" as he sings.]
You try to play cool, like you just don't care,
but soon I'll be playin' in your underwear!
I'm like the mage with the magic spell;
you come like a dog when I ring yo' bell.
I got the money, and I got the fame.
You got the hots to ride on my plane.
You givin' me all that I desire,
'cos down with me, I'm taking you higher.
[he jumps back up onto the trashcan and sings like he's announcing himself.]
I'm the baddest of the bad!
I'm the best that you've ever had!
I'm the tops, I'm the king!
All the girls get up when I sing, yeah!
I'm the meanest in the place!
Step up, I'll mess with your face!
I don't care where you are;
Look up and follow the star.
Iiiiiii'm gonna tear down the waaaall.
I may not be here when you caaaaaall...
So best be givin' me your aaaalllllll!
After the havoc that I'm gonna wreak,
no more words will elders have to speak.
I've got to answers to the tangled knot.
Sleep tight in your cot.
[
much to the chagrin of the neighbors, regallegro leaps onto the fence and howls the next verse.]
Oooooh babyyy, I've been told I'm goin' crazy.
Oooooh babyyy, I can't be held down.
Oooooh babyyy, somehow I'm keeping it steady.
Oooooh babyyy, I'm tearing up this town.
Hey, this is what I like!
Cut my heart with a modern spike.
Hey, this is nothing new!
I've got more than enough for you.
[
clearly getting into the song now, regallegro struts along the fence post, bouncing along to the beat.]
I can take on anybody. I can do my thing.
I don't wanna hurt nobody, but a bee has gotta sting!
I'ma fix it if you mix it up.
Talk smack, and I'ma gonna shut you up!
[he jumps down atop a cardboard box, nose pointed to the sky.]
Iiii am the greatest cat that ever lived!
I was born to give!
Iiii am the greatest cat that ever lived, oh,
Reeegaaaa-aaaaalleeeeeegrooooooo!
[
back on the ground now, he sits as though he's reciting shakespeare, waving a paw in the air as he speaks.]
Somebody said all the world's is stage, and each of us is a player.
That's what I've been tryin' to tell you.
In Act 1, I was struggling to survive. Nobody wanted my action dead or alive.
Act 2, I hit the big time, and bodies be all up on my behind.
And I can't help myself, because I was born to shine.
If you don't like it, you can shove it. But you don't like it, you love it. [
back on the garbage can.]
So I'll be up here in a rage, 'til they bring the curtain down on the stage.
[
regallegro leaps onto a fire escape now, singing down the alley so that his voice echoes back.]
I'm the greatest cat that ever lived...
I'm the greatest cat that ever lived...
I'm the greatest cat that ever lived...
[
leaping from an easy fifteen foot height, he lands on the downbeat and continues singing like it's no big deal.]
I am the greatest cat that ever lived!
I was born to give and give and give.
I am the greatest cat that ever lived:
Regallegro, gallegro, gallegro, gallegro!
I am the greatest cat ever lived!
I was born to give!