{"id":854,"date":"2015-05-27T12:39:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/?p=854"},"modified":"2015-05-27T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T17:43:34","slug":"you-dirty-rat-scruffy-the-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2015\/05\/27\/you-dirty-rat-scruffy-the-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"You Dirty Rat &#8211; Scruffy the Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Dirty Rat\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U8fCOn4ddgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Kay Hanley (from Letters to Cleo) version isn&#8217;t too bad, either<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kay Hanley - You Dirty Rat (Charlie Chesterman Tribute)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ax5ZDJuo05Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Letters to Cleo - You Dirty Rat\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oa4xdd-8EXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You never write<br \/>\nYou never call<br \/>\nYou just stand around and smile so happily<br \/>\nLook, I&#8217;m a man. You never knew. There&#8217;s worser things that you have done to me.<\/p>\n<p>Well I should cry<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;ve done too much already I can&#8217;t lie<br \/>\ncause you&#8217;re better then, than I&#8217;ll ever be<br \/>\nand that won&#8217;t take us back to you and me<br \/>\nbeing all alone.<\/p>\n<p>You call me names<br \/>\nand you&#8217;re never home<br \/>\nall I&#8217;ve got to show is a kiss and drum<br \/>\nYou talk too much<br \/>\nbut not to me<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s too much of this love I&#8217;ve never seen<\/p>\n<p>but I should cry<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;ve done too much already<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t lie<br \/>\ncause you&#8217;re better then, than I&#8217;ll ever be<br \/>\nand it won&#8217;t take us back to you and me<br \/>\nbeing all in love<\/p>\n<p>You dirty rat you broke my heart<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t believe it went this far<br \/>\nturn off the heat. blow out the spark<\/p>\n<p>Now I gotta say what I have said<br \/>\nI look alive but I feel dead<br \/>\nbut as for us are still good friends?<br \/>\nNO NO NO<\/p>\n<p>well I should cry&#8230;<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;ve done too much already<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t lie<br \/>\ncause you&#8217;re better then, than I&#8217;ll ever be<br \/>\nand it won&#8217;t take us back to you and me<br \/>\nbeing all alone<\/p>\n<p>You dirty rat<br \/>\nI gotta say<br \/>\nyou sure know how to wreck my day<br \/>\nturn off the sun and walk away<\/p>\n<p>and now I know just what to find<br \/>\nand now its you who&#8217;s next in line<br \/>\nbut as for us it was the best of times<\/p>\n<p>Songwriters<br \/>\nCHARLES CHESTERMAN<\/p>\n<p>Published by<br \/>\nLyrics \u00a9 BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC<\/p>\n<p>See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scruffy_The_Cat\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scruffy_The_Cat<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Obituary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/obituaries\/2013\/11\/19\/charlie-chesterman-dorchester-roots-rocker-known-for-legendary-scruffy-cat-performances\/J6yVoAWni3RkEscQrxaBqO\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Chesterman, 53, effortlessly cool roots rocker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kay Hanley (from Letters to Cleo) version isn&#8217;t too bad, either You never write You never call You just stand around and smile so happily Look, I&#8217;m a man. You never knew. There&#8217;s worser things that you have done to me. Well I should cry but I&#8217;ve done too much already I can&#8217;t lie &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2015\/05\/27\/you-dirty-rat-scruffy-the-cat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You Dirty Rat &#8211; Scruffy the Cat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-song-of-the-day","tag-scruffy-the-cat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}