[Verse 1]
Under the porch in the rain
Two torn ears and a patchy tail
One eye on the feed door
One eye on me
I set out water in a blue bowl
You came slow, then you stayed
[Pre-Chorus]
You act tough
You act small
But I can see it all
A hungry heart
A broken purr
Waiting by the barn wall
[Chorus]
Stray cats, barn cats
Come home tonight
Stray cats, barn cats
You deserve light
I got a warm hand
I got a dish full
Stray cats, barn cats
I’m gonna love you
[Verse 2]
Black one sleeping on hay bales
Tabby racing through the corn
White paws tapping on the window
Like you knew where you were born
I make little nests from old blankets
You curl up and you sigh
[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t need
To be wild alone
There’s room in this old home
For every scar
For every stray
For every hungry bone
[Chorus]
Stray cats, barn cats
Come home tonight
Stray cats, barn cats
You deserve light
I got a warm hand
I got a dish full
Stray cats, barn cats
I’m gonna love you
[Bridge]
If the world was kind
You’d never run
Never learn the sting
Of a slammed-up door
So I leave the latch loose
And the lamp low
Till you come back
For more
[Chorus]
Stray cats, barn cats
Come home tonight
Stray cats, barn cats
You deserve light
I got a warm hand
I got a dish full
Stray cats, barn cats
I’m gonna love you