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 crowd like peter lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a (2)______________________ in the rain
don't bother (3)____________ for explanations
she'll (4)________ tell you that she came
in the (5)________ of the cat.
She doesn't give you (6)________ for questions
as she locks up your arm in hers
and you (7)____________ 'till your (8)__________ of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue (9)__________ walls (10)________ the market stalls
there's a (11)____________ door she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just (12)________ a river running through
the year of the cat
She (13)__________ at you so cooly
and her (14)________ shine (15)________ the moon in the sea
she (16)__________ in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to find what's (17)______________ inside
the (18)________ of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're still (19)________ her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
so you (20)________ to (21)________ on
but the drum-beat strains of the night remain
in the (22)____________ of the new-born day
you know sometime you're bound to (23)__________ her
but for now you're going to stay
in the (24)________ of the cat.

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