Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a bogart movie
in a (1)______________ where they turn back time
you go (2)__________________ through the crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk (3)__________ running
like a watercolour in the rain
don't (4)____________ asking for explanations
she'll just (5)________ you that she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't (6)________ you time for questions
as she (7)__________ up (8)________ arm in hers
and you (9)____________ 'till (10)________ sense of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled walls (11)________ the (12)____________ stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to
these days, she says, i (13)________ my life
just like a river running through
the year of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her (14)________ shine like the moon in the sea
she comes in (15)______________ and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's (16)______________ inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning (17)__________ and you're (18)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown (19)________ the (20)____________ and (21)________ your ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat (22)______________ 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 year of the cat.

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