"Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" 是由Andrew Lloyd Webber作曲，Tim Rice作詞的一首歌曲，是音樂劇《貓》中的經典曲目。以下是這首歌的歌詞：
Everybody wants to be a cat,
Everybody wants to be free,
Everybody wants to win the day,
And have a good time, having it their way.
Everybody wants to be a star,
Everybody wants to be tall,
Everybody wants to be admired,
And loved by you and me.
But what about the lonely heart,
The one that's all alone?
It's not the destination, it's the journey that you find.
If your dream doesn't come true, try another dream.
In a dream, a cat I could not be defeated,
With dreams I can make my life more exciting.
Take your passion, your desires, your talent and the stage,
What could be better? But for me and you, it's just the way it is.
Everybody wants to be a star,
Everybody wants to be free.
Everybody wants to win the day,
And have a good time having it their way.
But what about the lonely heart, the one that's all alone?
It's not the destination, it's the journey that you find.
If your dream doesn't come true, try another dream.
So let your spirit soar and your heart sing out,
And dance with the music till the morning light.
For every dream that seems to die, another one is waiting to take its place.
Everybody Wants to Be a Cat的譯文如下：
每個人都想成為貓，每個人都想自由自在，每個人都想贏得一天，讓自己的生活變得刺激有趣。每個人都是一顆星星，每個人想成為高大的人，每個人都想被讚賞和愛戴。但那些孤獨的心呢？那個孤獨的人怎么辦呢？重要的不是目的地，而是旅程。如果你的夢想沒有實現，那就嘗試另一個夢想吧。在夢中，我無法被打敗，夢想可以讓我生活得更加激動人心。帶著你的激情、欲望、天賦和舞台，這會更好。但對我們來說，這只是一個開始。每個人都是一顆星星，每個人想自由自在。每個人都想贏得一天，讓自己的生活變得刺激有趣。但那些孤獨的心呢？他們怎么辦呢？所以讓你的精神高飛，讓你的心歌唱，隨著音樂跳舞直到黎明。每一個看似要熄滅的夢想，另一個正在等待取代它。因此，“每個人都想成為貓”是一個激勵人心的歌曲，它鼓勵我們追求自己的夢想，勇往直前。