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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ from a (2)____________ movie
in a (3)______________ where they turn back time
you go (4)__________________ through the (5)__________ like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she (6)__________ out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a watercolour in the rain
don't (7)____________ (8)____________ for explanations
she'll just (9)________ you (10)________ she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't give you (11)________ for questions
as she locks up your arm in hers
and you (12)____________ 'till your (13)__________ of which direction
completely disappears
by the (14)________ tiled walls near the market stalls
there's a hidden (15)________ she leads you to
these days, she says, i (16)________ my life
just like a river running through
the (17)________ of the cat
She (18)__________ at you so cooly
and her (19)________ (20)__________ (21)________ the moon in the sea
she comes in (22)______________ and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's waiting inside
the (23)________ of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're still with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the (24)____________ and (25)________ your ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the (26)____________ of the new-born day
you (27)________ sometime you're (28)__________ to leave her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.
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