The butterfly sailed on the breeze 

Past a field of barbed wire trees 

Where golden dragons chased around 

Pampered poppies on the ground 

Two silver trout sat way on high 

And watched a royal samurai 

Plant two black orchids in a box 

And strap it to a laughing fox 

A minstrel bought a crooked spoon 

He gave it to a blue baboon 

Who filled it full of virgin snow 

And watched it in the afterglow



Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes 

Teaching sixteen kangaroos 

How to skip across a lake 

They found it hard to stay awake 

A pharaoh played a merry tune 

And watched nine cats dance on the moon 

I didn't know what all this meant 

I didn't know why I'd been sent.



The Insignificance version of Nine Cats 

has the following additional verse at the end:



I threw 5 clocks down on my bed 

The chimes danced out on golden threads 

And turned to footprints on my wall 

Sequined tears began to fall