Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a bogart movie
in a country where they turn back time
you go strolling through the crowd (1)________ peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a (2)______________________ in the rain
don't bother asking for explanations
she'll just tell you (3)________ she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't (4)________ you (5)________ for questions
as she (6)__________ up your arm in hers
and you (7)____________ 'till (8)________ sense of (9)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled walls (10)________ the market stalls
there's a (11)____________ door she (12)__________ you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (13)________ a river running through
the year of the cat
She (14)__________ at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like 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 morning comes and you're still (17)________ her
and the bus and the (18)________________ 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 leave her
but for now you're (24)__________ to stay
in the (25)________ of the cat.

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