Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a bogart movie
in a country (1)__________ they (2)________ back time
you go strolling through the crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a (3)________ dress running
like a (4)______________________ in the rain
don't bother (5)____________ for explanations
she'll just (6)________ you that she came
in the (7)________ of the cat.
She doesn't (8)________ you time for questions
as she (9)__________ up your arm in hers
and you follow 'till your sense of (10)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the blue (11)__________ walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden (12)________ she (13)__________ you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just like a river running through
the (14)________ of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her (15)________ shine (16)________ the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you (17)________ her, to (18)________ what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well (19)______________ comes and you're (20)__________ with her
and the bus and the (21)________________ are gone
and you've (22)____________ away the choice and (23)________ (24)________ ticket
so you have to (25)________ on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know sometime you're (26)__________ to (27)__________ her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.

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