Endtown by Aaron Neathery for September 19, 2016

For those who missed it on the weekend (and apologies for the repeat)… Cat’s in the Crater, by JennerTo the tune of Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin.Fell in love with a mouse just the other day,She stuck her tongue out at me and said “C’mon, let’s play.”And all my lonely pain, she made it go away.We had our sweet, sweet love as side by side we lay.And while she heard my story and was making me whole,I still didn’t look at her soul, no,I never listened to her soul.And the cat’s in the crater of the dingy room.Ditto-ball toy and the man in the gloom.When you gonna learn if you don’t know how,That she needs to tell you now, man?Your Holly needs to tell you now.My mouse went to jail just the other day.She was blamed and shamed and then locked away.I couldn’t fight the Man, only sit and pray,Play a game of ball, I guess that’s okay.And when she came back home at the end of it all,I still hadn’t looked at her soul, no.I never listened to her soul.And the cat’s in the crater of the dingy room.Ditto-ball toy and the man in the gloom.When you gonna learn if you don’t know how,That she needs to tell you now, man?Your Holly needs to tell you now.We went for a roam just the other day,She picked up an orphan on a plastic tray,And she hugged him tight. Never let him stray.Through all the fire and death, no-one could take him ‘way.So why’d it break her heart when he’s thrown in a hole?I still hadn’t looked at her soul, no.I never listened to her soul.And the cat’s in the crater of the dingy room.Ditto-ball toy and the man in the gloom.When you gonna learn if you don’t know how,That she needs to tell you now, man?Your Holly needs to tell you now.My mouse had a dream just the other dayOf a deep, dark secret in the warlord’s pay.Of a baby lost and a lover slainAnd the world burned up and only lonely pain.And I realised, with the credits a-roll,I’d just had a look in her soul, oh.At last I’d listened to her soul.And the cat’s in the crater of the dingy room.Ditto-ball toy and the man in the gloom.When you gonna learn if you don’t know how,That she needs to tell you now, man?Your Holly needs to tell you now.