Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ from a bogart movie
in a (2)______________ (3)__________ (4)________ (5)________ back time
you go (6)__________________ through the crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk (7)__________ running
like a watercolour in the rain
don't (8)____________ asking for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the (9)________ of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she locks up (10)________ arm in hers
and you (11)____________ 'till (12)________ (13)__________ of which direction
completely disappears
by the (14)________ (15)__________ walls (16)________ the market stalls
there's a hidden door she (17)__________ you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (18)________ a river (19)______________ through
the year of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her (20)________ shine like the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to (21)________ what's waiting inside
the (22)________ of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're (23)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the (24)____________ and lost your ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm 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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