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Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

On a (1)______________ from a bogart movie
in a (2)______________ (3)__________ (4)________ (5)________ back time
you go (6)__________________ through the (7)__________ (8)________ (9)__________ lorre
contemplating a crime
she comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
like a (10)______________________ in the rain
don't bother asking for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the year of the cat.
She doesn't (11)________ you (12)________ for questions
as she locks up your arm in hers
and you (13)____________ 'till your sense of which direction
completely disappears
by the blue tiled (14)__________ near the market stalls
there's a hidden door she leads you to
these days, she says, i feel my life
just like a river (15)______________ through
the year of the cat
She looks at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like the (16)________ in the sea
she (17)__________ in incense and patchouli
so you take her, to (18)________ what's waiting inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're still with her
and the bus and the (19)________________ are gone
and you've thrown (20)________ the choice and lost (21)________ ticket
so you (22)________ to stay on
but the drum-beat (23)______________ of the night remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know sometime you're bound to (24)__________ her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.
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