Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart
On a (1)______________ (2)________ a bogart movie
in a country where they (3)________ back time
you go strolling through the (4)__________ 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 (5)____________ (6)____________ for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the (7)________ of the cat.
She doesn't (8)________ you (9)________ for questions
as she locks up (10)________ arm in hers
and you follow 'till your sense of (11)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the blue (12)__________ (13)__________ near the (14)____________ stalls
there's a (15)____________ door she leads you to
these days, she says, i (16)________ my life
just like a river running through
the year of the cat
She (17)__________ at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you (18)________ her, to find what's (19)______________ inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're (20)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the (21)____________ and lost (22)________ ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat (23)______________ of the (24)__________ remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know (25)________________ you're (26)__________ to leave her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.
in a country where they (3)________ back time
you go strolling through the (4)__________ 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 (5)____________ (6)____________ for explanations
she'll just tell you that she came
in the (7)________ of the cat.
She doesn't (8)________ you (9)________ for questions
as she locks up (10)________ arm in hers
and you follow 'till your sense of (11)__________ direction
completely disappears
by the blue (12)__________ (13)__________ near the (14)____________ stalls
there's a (15)____________ door she leads you to
these days, she says, i (16)________ my life
just like a river running through
the year of the cat
She (17)__________ at you so cooly
and her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
she comes in incense and patchouli
so you (18)________ her, to find what's (19)______________ inside
the year of the cat.
Well morning comes and you're (20)__________ with her
and the bus and the tourists are gone
and you've thrown away the (21)____________ and lost (22)________ ticket
so you have to stay on
but the drum-beat (23)______________ of the (24)__________ remain
in the rhythm of the new-born day
you know (25)________________ you're (26)__________ to leave her
but for now you're going to stay
in the year of the cat.
Answers:
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