Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a (1)____________ movie
in a (2)______________ where (3)________ turn (4)________ time
you go (5)__________________ (6)______________ the crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she (7)__________ out of the sun in a (8)________ dress running
like a (9)______________________ in the rain
don't bother asking for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she locks up your arm in hers
and you (10)____________ 'till your sense of (11)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the (12)________ tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just like a (13)__________ running through
the (14)________ of the cat
She (15)__________ at you so cooly
and her eyes shine (16)________ the (17)________ in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well (18)______________ (19)__________ and you're still with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the (20)____________ and lost (21)________ ticket
so you (22)________ to stay on
but the drum-beat strains of the (23)__________ remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know (24)________________ you're bound to leave her
but for now you're going to stay
in the (25)________ of the cat.

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