Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a morning (1)________ a (2)____________ movie
in a (3)______________ (4)__________ they turn back time
you go (5)__________________ 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 (6)____________ (7)____________ for explanations
she'll (8)________ tell you that 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 sense of (9)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the (10)________ tiled walls near the (11)____________ stalls
there's a hidden (12)________ she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just like a river running through
the (13)________ of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her (14)________ shine like the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you (15)________ her, to find what's waiting inside
the year 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 (16)____________ and (17)________ your ticket
so you (18)________ to (19)________ on
but the drum-beat (20)______________ of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know (21)________________ you're bound to (22)__________ her
but for now you're (23)__________ to stay
in the year of the cat.

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