Goodbye Kitty

Warren Smith

Genre: Rock & Roll

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A song of farewell to a creative cat.

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Lyrics

GOODBYE KITTY
She's leaving New York City
For California skies
She’s ticketed and ready to fly
So say goodbye to the witty kitty
The cat with burnt umber eyes

She’s running around the city
Like a long-legged cheetah
Giving kisses to all her friends
Say goodbye to the witty kitty
Our hearts are broken again

Goodbye Kitty
She's closing down her studio
Goodbye Kitty
Her bags are packed and ready to go
Goodbye Kitty
She's heading for the California coast
Goodbye Kitty
The world’s her scratching post

Say goodbye to Ms. Liberty
and the winters of ice and snow
Say hello to surf and sand
In the Land of the Golden Glow

She's leaving New York City
For California skies
She’s ticketed and ready to fly
So say goodbye to the witty kitty
The cat with burnt umber eyes
So say goodbye to the witty kitty
The cat with burnt umber eyes

Song Stats

Hits: 1057
Comments: 7
Fans: 0
Plays: 132
Downloads: 62
Votes: 3
Uploaded: Jun 27, 2005 - 03:50:36 PM
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2005 - 10:45:26 AM Last Played: Sep 11, 2009 - 10:51:18 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
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Song Actions

Hardware:

Aria Pro II guitar, M-Audio Keystation 49e

Software:

GarageBand

Comments

Emily Rohm	Emily Rohm said 1609 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	Purrrrrrr..... You have a unique sound. I thought the music backup was a bit bright overall, but your voice balanced it out for the most part. I really like the lyrics. I'd like to think the world is my scratching post! Very cute. Meow. Check out my latest song called Monica's Waltz

Warren Smith	Warren Smith said 1605 days ago (July 5th, 2005)
	Purrrrrrr..... From your comments, Emily, I take it you are a "cat person." One of the things I consciously refrained from was overdoing the cat references, to keep the lyrics from becoming too much about that. Of course, if I could purr my words, I would've sung it differently. Check out my latest song called Pushing and Pulling

	said 1606 days ago (July 4th, 2005)
	LOL This is different, makes me smile. The production and playing are good. May I ask what the inspiration for this was?

Warren Smith

Warren Smith said 1605 days ago (July 5th, 2005)

LOL
I was freelancing in a CAD Room with someone who was moving from New York to California, and there was a casual suggestion I should pen a song to fit that general situation. When the idea of changing the popular cultural icon "Hello Kitty" to "Goodbye Kitty" jumped into my head, that gave me a direction to go. Words can be funny. The lyrics remained nebulous until I learnt the color of her eyes; for some reason, when she said "burnt umber," everything just fell into place.

Check out my latest song called Pushing and Pulling

brewsta	brewsta said 1600 days ago (July 10th, 2005)
	Umm.. wow Interesting Check out my latest song called Siobhan

alanfraser	alanfraser said 1564 days ago (August 15th, 2005)
	You have a unique style and it's almost unclassifiable. That's definitely a good thing. I can't think of any single word that would characterize the song but it was a giggle listening to it. Thanks. Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

Warren Smith

Warren Smith said 1563 days ago (August 16th, 2005)

You have a unique style
Maybe that's why I have such a hard time trying to decide how to categorize
most of these songs? I put this one in "Rock and Roll" because I wasn't sure
where it should go and the default position became, well, "it's still rock and roll
to me." Anyway, "style" is not something I consciously think about, rather, I try
to create something that's "expressive" (if that makes any sense).

Check out my latest song called Pushing and Pulling

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Name: Warren Smith

Born in a Minnesota blizzard, I now reside in Brooklyn, New York City, which doesn't get anywhere nearly as cold. I recorded my first original composition as a teenager using a reel-to-reel tape recorder back in 1967, and I'm still finding it a c... [see more]

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