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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning (1)________ a (2)____________ movie
in a country where they turn back time
you go (3)__________________ through the (4)__________ like (5)__________ lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a (6)________ dress running
like a watercolour in the rain
don't (7)____________ asking for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the (8)________ of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she (9)__________ up (10)________ arm in hers
and you (11)____________ 'till (12)________ sense of (13)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden (14)________ she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (15)________ a (16)__________ running through
the (17)________ of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her (18)________ (19)__________ (20)________ the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the (21)________ of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're (22)__________ with her
and the bus and the (23)________________ are gone
and you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
so you have to (24)________ on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you (25)________ 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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