Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

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

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