A FRAGILE EGO AND A CAT
words & music by
Tim Ponzek © 1995

He had a fragile ego for his rough and tumble build
Ev’ry inch the elegant caveman, his destiny fulfilled
When he made his grand entrance,
ev’ry head turned in the room
And when he did his tribal dance, ev’ry girl was sure to swoon
But he kept his ego on a shelf with his other bric-a-brac
Not the safest place when he’s taking in a cat

And she had a cat, a spirit feline and pure
She could raise her fur or purr, soft and demure
She was used to being treated in all of the extremes
She was a little to worldly to be the woman of his dreams
She could dance around trouble and never miss a beat
‘Cause she knew how to tumble and to land on her feet

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And they got together A Fragile Ego And A Cat
And he thought forever was as easy as that

Then one day it happened, the way she knew it could
Somehow it always brings out the worst
when things are going to good
‘Cause he made a stand; but she was ready to make tracks
And when he saw that she was leaving;
well, he tried to take it back
But she brushed against his ego and it toppled to the ground
And as he watched it shatter, she left without a sound

Now he stares out in the empty room in the silent aftermath
He’ll relive it at least a thousand times
and each time he’ll break like glass

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Maybe next time he won’t stray from the nature of the fact
A fragile ego should stay away from a cat