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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning (1)________ a bogart movie
in a country where they turn (2)________ 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 that she came
in the (3)________ of the cat.
She doesn't give you time for questions
as she locks up (4)________ arm in hers
and you follow 'till your sense of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled (5)__________ near the market stalls
there's a (6)____________ door 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 comes in (7)______________ and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning (8)__________ and you're (9)__________ with 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 (10)________________ you're bound to leave her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.
Answers:
(1) from(2) back(3) year(4) your(5) walls(6) hidden(7) incense(8) comes(9) still(10) sometime