So you think you see a pussycat you'd like to pet You start to come on strong to see how far you will get You feed the pussycat that I'm a tiger lie You don't know that you're mess'n with 99, 99 You brag about your motorboat and Cadillacs How you cheated 'bout a million on your income tax It isn't 'til they slap you with a great big fine That you know that you've been mess'n with 99, 99 There's music on the hi-fi and she dims the light She fixes a Martini that is out of sight Your tongue begins to loosen 'cause you're all alone But that ain't a olive buddy that's a microphone You're a foreign spy who wants to come in from the cold And you've never been uncovered you're so self controlled But when they find your body floating down the Rhine That's a lesson don't go mess'n with 99, 99 You're the highest paid informer for a Balkan State On your night off you invite her for a dinner date But when she freshens up, you'll end up unemployed 'Cause that ain't a lipstick buddy that's a Poloroid So listen tigers this is what it's all about A pussycat will get you if you don't watch out Though she may send shivers running up and down your spine She is doing her caress'n with a tiny Smith and Wesson And that means you've been mess'n with 99, 99, 99, 99