Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ from a bogart movie
in a (2)______________ where they turn back time
you go strolling through the crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a watercolour in the rain
don't (3)____________ asking for explanations
she'll (4)________ tell you that she came
in the (5)________ of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she (6)__________ up your arm in hers
and you follow 'till your sense of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue (7)__________ (8)__________ (9)________ the market stalls
there's a hidden (10)________ she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (11)________ a river running through
the year of the cat
She (12)__________ at you so cooly
and her (13)________ (14)__________ (15)________ the moon in the sea
she comes in (16)______________ and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the (17)________ of the cat.
Well (18)______________ comes and you're (19)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the choice and (20)________ (21)________ ticket
so you (22)________ to (23)________ on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know (24)________________ you're bound to leave her
but for now you're (25)__________ to stay
in the (26)________ of the cat.

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