Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

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

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