Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ from a (2)____________ movie
in a country (3)__________ they turn back time
you go (4)__________________ (5)______________ the crowd (6)________ peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a (7)______________________ in the rain
don't bother (8)____________ for explanations
she'll (9)________ 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 which direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled (11)__________ near the market stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (12)________ a river (13)______________ through
the year of the cat
She (14)__________ at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
she (15)__________ in incense and patchouli
so you (16)________ her, to find what's waiting inside
the (17)________ of the cat.
Well morning (18)__________ and you're (19)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
so you (20)________ to (21)________ on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you (22)________ sometime you're bound to leave her
but for now you're (23)__________ to stay
in the year of the cat.

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