Lyric

You vanished by the gate

With a velvet little step

Past the tulips and the bread

By the garden bench you slept

Your pawprints on the tile

Like notes no one could keep

I called your small name twice

And the house held back its sleep

Then I heard a tiny turn

On the wooden hallway floor

A careful, crooked shuffle

Like a dance I knew before

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Spin for me again

Come back, little one

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Moon in your whiskers

Take your bow, little one

You slipped beneath the chair

Near the blue plate by the sink

Tail high like a question mark

Eyes bright as a silver blink

The neighbor's dog went still

Evening leaning in to see

You bowed to the room so grand

Like the whole world was a tree

Then your paws made circles

Small and brave and neat

One-two-three, one-two-three

Right there at my feet

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Spin for me again

Come back, little one

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Moon in your whiskers

Take your bow, little one

If the rain should tap the pane

If the fire should fade to gold

I'll leave the latch unlatched

And the supper warm and old

For every quiet hallway

For every shadowed bend

You can pirouette your way

Back to me again

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Spin for me again

Come back, little one

Lost cat minuet

Lost cat minuet

Home is in your feet

My dancing little one