Coolest Cats

Catching you out late again
You spent the night dancing
From the diners to the drive-ins
Tell your father that you're sorry

You've heard the neighbours talking
All the rumours and the whispers
How daddy's little angel's cutting rugs up
In Sunday shoes

Your dress is stained with alcohol
Your jacket smells like smoke
Better go and comb your hair
Gotta be at church tomorrow

And you know he'll be there
Won't you meet him round the back
And hitch a car down to the coast
You will be the coolest cats

All of your ambitions
Giving way to new temptations
You were such a model student
Just a slut for education

You've heard the neighbours talking
The rumours and the whispers
How daddy's little darling's
Cutting class down by the river

Were the boys at school not old enough
Too crude and immature
Well the grass is always greener
Is that what you're looking for beyond the tracks

Where the neon lights and flashing signs
Illuminate the architecture
Built for all the coolest cats

Are you holding on too tight
Are you hanging by a thread
Are your painted nails cracked and faded
Clinging to the edge

Have you heard the neighbours talking
The rumours and the whispers
How daddy's little runaway is cutting ties with Jesus

Is it not what you were promised
In your innocent designs
Is the culture too unpopular
The literature lied

And now you're trapped
With your beliefs under attack
But your commitment to the fiction, honey, proves
You're the coolest cat