KITTY'S BACK

Strange Fruit's cover version

Catlong sighs holding Kitty's black tooth
She left to marry some top cat, ain't the cold truth
And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin
Whoa, yes
It's young dudes are musclin' in

Jack Knife cries
She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle
And them tin cans are explodin' outside in heat
Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street
And he say, "Oh, what can I do?
Oh, yeah, what can I do?
Yeah, what can I do?
What can I do"

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, da, da, da, da, da
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

And Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Flashing lights, 'cause a big wheel
Well, baby, you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're long 'round
Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
Oh, get right, a-get tight, a-get down

Oh, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Yeah, what can I do?
Oh, what can I do?
Now
'Cause Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Well, Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh, Kitty's back in town, yeah (here she comes now)
Well, Kitty's back in town (oh, oh, oh, oh)
Kitty's back in town (here she comes now)
Kitty's back in town (whoa!)

Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town
Kitty's back in town

Page last updated: 28 Dec 2011

Info

The above lyrics are for Strange Fruit's cover version of KITTY'S BACK. They recorded the song at Larione 10 Studio in Florence, Italy, and released it on the various artists Bruce Springsteen tribute album For You: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen.

Various artists -- For You: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen CD - Totem Records (TTM 480499 2) - Italy, 1995 This is a various artists Bruce Springsteen tribute album. KITTY'S BACK is performed by Strange Fruit.

Track Credits

Angelo Teardo: lead vocal
Francesco Bottai: electric and acoustic guitar, background vocals
Giovanni Dall'Orto: bass, background vocals
Cristiano Bottai: drums, background vocals
Art Labriola: piano

Produced by Ernesto De Pascale
Arranged by E. De Pascale and Strange Fruit
Additional production by Ermanno Labainca

Recorded at Larione 10 Studio, Firenze
Engineered by Sergio Salaorni
Additional recordings at Clinton Studio, New York City by James A. Ball
Mixed by James A. Ball at Villa Condulmer Stiudio, Venezia

Available Versions

List of available versions of KITTY'S BACK on this website:

• Album version
• Outtake version
• Live 06 Dec 1973 version
• Live 13 Jul 1974 version
• Live 05 Feb 1975 version
• Live 08 Aug 1975 version
• Live 14 Aug 1975 version
• Live 27 Sep 1975 version
• Live 11 Oct 1975 version
• Live 18 Nov 1975 version
• Live 05 Dec 1975 version
• Live 19 Sep 1978 version
• Live 17 Dec 2000 version
• Live 08 Dec 2001 version
• Live 06 Oct 2002 version
• Live 11 Dec 2002 version
• Live 29 Apr 2003 version
• Live 31 Aug 2003 version
• Live 08 Dec 2003 version
• Live 20 Mar 2008 version
• Live 07 May 2008 version
• Live 15 Aug 2008 version
• Live 29 Apr 2009 version
• Live 23 May 2009 version
• Live 03 Oct 2009 version
• Live 07 Nov 2009 version
• Live 03 Nov 2010 version
• Strange Fruit's cover version

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) and Alessandro Cattaneo.