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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning from a bogart movie
in a country where (1)________ 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 bother asking for explanations
she'll just tell you (2)________ she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she locks up your arm in hers
and you follow 'till your (3)__________ of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a (4)____________ (5)________ she leads 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 shine like the moon in the sea
she (6)__________ in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're still (7)________ her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the choice 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 (8)__________ to (9)__________ her
but for now you're (10)__________ to stay
in the year of the cat.
Answers:
(1) they(2) that(3) sense(4) hidden(5) door(6) comes(7) with(8) bound(9) leave(10) going