Strut

Rockin’ in the Motor City

Good struts can make you bounce too

Leopold & Co · Strut

Origin: Staggercat’s flagship song. New lyrics for 2023. Below, you can hear a remastered cut of the Staggercat version recorded for a demo sometime early in the 2000’s.

Pre-chorus/into:

Hairs on my head

Have gone all grey

Thought I didn't have a lot more to say

(here we go, here we go, here we go again )

(horn chorus)

Verse 1:

The cats in the alley were starin'

Shocked by the threads I's wearin'

The dogs in the yard ran away

'Cause they knew if I'd see 'em, I'd stay

So with a look to the left I walked on by

They all saw my back and they began to cry

but I, but I, just strut on by

(horn chorus)

Verse 2:

Folks in the office ain't carin'

'bout a single thing I'm wearin

This life's no longer botherin' me

The world's had some change you see

So with a look to the left I walk on by

It's so easy now, I don't even try

So I, yes I, just strut on by

(horn chorus)

Verse 3/bridge:

I'm an original don't you know?

Got more important things to grow

You got it bub, you heard me right

I'm not gonna play your game tonight

My boots hit the pavement in that usual way

I never was here to just obey

So with a look to the left I walk on by

It's so easy now, I don't even try

So I, yes I, just strut on by

(horn chorus)

Verse 4:

People just keep on talkin'

My feet just keep on walkin'

The passage of time can't hold me still

Gotta get goin' gotta get my fill

So with a look to the left I walk on by

It's so easy now, I don't even try

So I, yes I, just strut on by

(horn chorus)