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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ (2)________ a bogart movie
in a (3)______________ where they turn back time
you go strolling through the crowd like (4)__________ lorre
contemplating a crime
she (5)__________ out of the sun in a silk (6)__________ running
like a (7)______________________ in the rain
don't (8)____________ asking for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't give you (9)________ for questions
as she (10)__________ up your arm in hers
and you follow 'till (11)________ sense of which direction
completely disappears
by the (12)________ (13)__________ (14)__________ (15)________ the market stalls
there's a hidden (16)________ she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (17)________ a river running through
the year of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like the (18)________ in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to (19)________ what's (20)______________ inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning (21)__________ and you're (22)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown (23)________ the (24)____________ 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 (25)________ (26)________________ you're bound to leave her
but for now you're (27)__________ to stay
in the (28)________ of the cat.
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