The Closest I Ever Want to be to Another Cat

For lo these many years, I've wanted to know the words to a song I liked as a child. I knew some of the words. In fact, I knew most of them. It was just a couple of verses near the end that I just couldn't recall. I remembered that it was also a favorite of my sister, Tanya, but I just never could seem to ask her whenever I talked to her. The fact that she's quite a talker may also have contributed to my lapse of memory. A part of me also hesitated, though, because I inwardly believed that if she didn't remember, I'd have no other recourse.

The longing for these lyrics pre-dated the advent of the www (hard to imagine). As the web became more popular, simple and accessible, I'd occasionally have the thought that therein might lie my solution. But I always sort of pooh-poohed that notion. After all, my childhood was a long time ago. Well not that long. And it was probably quite an obscure song. Also the aforementioned amnesia always seemed to afflict me when I was online as well.

Well, the other day the amnesia seemed to fade. I was actually online and recollecting at the same time. But then came the paralyzing fear. What if it were true that my childhood was so long ago and my song was so obscure and... I rebuked that fear and googled that song! And I found it. There were my long lost lyrics to "Senor Don Gato!" I was so happy! I sat there singing every last word from the screen, with a big silly grin on my face! I sighed with contentment, having achieved a long-desired end.

Yeah, that's close enough for me...