Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

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

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