The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)
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| "The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)" | ||
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| Single by Petula Clark | ||
| from the album 'The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener' | ||
| B-side(s) | "Fancy Dancin' Man" | |
| Released | 1967 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1967 | |
| Label | Warner Bros.(US)/Vogue (UK) | |
| Chart positions | ||
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9 (US Adult Contemporary), 11 (Canada), 19 (Australia), 26 (US) |
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| Petula Clark singles chronology | ||
| "Don't Sleep in the Subway" | "The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)" | "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" |
"The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)" is a 1967 song, with words and music by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon, recorded by Petula Clark. Difficult to categorize in a specific musical genre, with an arrangement heavy with strings and flutes, it was a major departure from the style of music associated with her long collaboration with songwriters Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent.
In it, the narrator compares herself to a cat ("with a tear in his eye"), eager to escape his captivity and "fly out the window, go where the wind goes" like the birds he observes flying by. Resolving to "glide to a rainbow off where the clouds go dancing by," she ends with the plaintive comment, "You won't find me . . . don't even try to."
The song, which peaked at #11 in Canada and #26 in the US, also was recorded by The Turtles.
