What Does It Feel Like?
Felix da Housecat Lyrics


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I'd travel the plains, I'm mountain streams
I'd paddle over the Rockies I would trail
I'd hark to the strains of cowboys in the saddle
Not very musical but male
I've roamed o'er the range with the herd
Where seldom is heard an intelligent word

Git along, little taxi, you can keep the change
I'm riding home to my kitchen range
Way out west on west end avenue

That bring the milk that your neighbor steals
Way out west on west end avenue
Keep all your mountains
And your lone prairie so pretty
Give me the fountains
That go wring at Rodeo City

I would trade your famous deer and antelope
For one tall beer and a cantaloupe




Way out west on west end avenue
Yippee, aye, ay

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Felix da Housecat's song What Does It Feel Like? are ambiguous and open to interpretation, but they seem to be referencing a desire for a simpler, more rugged life, away from the noise and chaos of the city. The singer wants to leave behind the "not very musical but male" culture of cowboy music and instead immerse themselves in the natural world, traveling through plains and mountain streams. They express a distaste for the lack of intellectual conversation among herdsmen and are eager to return to their "kitchen range" in the west.


The second half of the song takes a more tongue-in-cheek tone, with the singer mocking the stereotypical images of the west. They suggest they would rather have the "fountains that go wring at Rodeo City" than the traditional images of mountains and prairies. The final lyric about trading "famous deer and antelope for one tall beer and a cantaloupe" serves as a final nod to the idea that the west is more about pleasure and indulgence than anything else.


Overall, the song seems to be a playful take on the mythos surrounding the American west, skewering the hyper-masculine cowboy culture and offering up a more modern, irreverent take on the idea of the west as a place of freedom and possibility.


Line by Line Meaning

I'd travel the plains, I'm mountain streams
I would explore every corner of the vast plains and serene mountain streams


I'd paddle over the Rockies I would trail
I would canoe my way through the Rockies and trek through new trails


I'd hark to the strains of cowboys in the saddle
I would listen to the melodies of cowboys riding their horses


Not very musical but male
The songs may not be melodic, but they portray masculinity


I've roamed o'er the range with the herd
I have travelled with a group of cattle in wide-open fields


Where seldom is heard an intelligent word
Where rarely a smart conversation or a meaningful dialogue takes place


Git along, little taxi, you can keep the change
Let's go, cab driver, and you can have the extra money


I'm riding home to my kitchen range
I am on my way home back to my kitchen stove


That bring the milk that your neighbor steals
The milkman who often contributes to your neighbor's theft


Way out west on west end avenue
Out in the western part of the city, on a street called West End Avenue


Keep all your mountains
You can keep all the mountains


And your lone prairie so pretty
And the beautiful, solitary prairies


Give me the fountains
I prefer the fountains


That go wring at Rodeo City
The ones that splash around in Rodeo City


I would trade your famous deer and antelope
I wouldn't mind exchanging the famed deer and antelope here


For one tall beer and a cantaloupe
For one refreshing glass of beer and a juicy cantaloupe


Yippee, aye, ay
A shout of excitement and jubilation typically associated with cowboys




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