Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a bogart movie
in a (1)______________ where they turn back time
you go strolling (2)______________ the (3)__________ like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she (4)__________ out of the sun in a (5)________ (6)__________ running
like a (7)______________________ in the rain
don't bother asking for explanations
she'll just tell you (8)________ she came
in the (9)________ 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 (11)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the (12)________ (13)__________ walls near the market stalls
there's a (14)____________ door she (15)__________ you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just like a river running through
the year of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her eyes (16)__________ like the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you (17)________ her, to find what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're (18)__________ (19)________ 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 (22)__________ 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 (23)________ of the cat.

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