Name: The Ship's Cat
Duration: P00H02M34S
Description: My source material is the film 'Alien' and my POV character is the best character: Jonesy the Cat.

Vom Vorton - The Ship's Cat

from SpinTunes 17 Round 2 by Spintunes

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My source material is the film 'Alien' and my POV character is the best character: Jonesy the Cat.

lyrics

Finally! They’re awake
The solitude was hard to take
It’s good to see that you’re alright - you
humans sleep even more than I do
I’ve spent too long chewing cables
it’s great to be back at the breakfast table
now they’re all gone, maybe for a snack
it smells like they brought something back

my god!
what's happening to his chest
did some slimy creature
use him as a nest?

stay out of my face
and I don't care what you do
I am the ship’s cat
what the hell are you

now we’re playing hide and seek
I love to leap out, hear you shriek
you thought you’d tracked me down at last
but the slimy creature grew up fast!

I’ll keep on hiding
I'll stay under cover
One perfect organism
Recognises another

Stay out of my face
I don't care what you do
I’m the ship’s cat
what the hell are you

I’m in a box now
I will be brave
thank you for leaving
one human slave
although she shakes me
all over the place
I’m a grateful cat
that lives in space

you were so tiny
but very quickly you grew
I wasn’t bothered
when you killed all the crew
but you got in my face
when I told you not to

she opened the door
something sucked you right through
and now I’m happy
that it’s only us two
I’m still the ship’s cat
what the hell were you?

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from SpinTunes 17 Round 2, released March 29, 2021

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