Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

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

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