Year Of The Cat (2001 Digital Remaster)-Al Stewart

[01:06.11]On a morning from a Bogart movie [01:11.14]In a country where they turn back time [01:15.85]You go strolling through the crowd [01:17.97]Like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime [01:23.20]She comes out of the sun in a silk dress [01:26.93]Running like a watercolour in the rain [01:32.52]Don't bother asking for explanations [01:34.72]She'll just tell you that she came [01:38.85]In the year of the cat [01:40.51] [01:56.33]She doesn't give you time for questions [02:00.61]As she locks up your arm in hers [02:05.17]And you follow till your sense [02:07.42]Of which direction completely disappears [02:13.33]By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls [02:17.64]There's a hidden door she leads you to [02:22.22]These days she says I feel my life [02:25.40]Just like a river running through [02:28.53]The year of the cat [02:33.45] [02:45.99]Well she looks at you so cooly [02:50.01]And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea [02:53.93]She comes in incense and patchouli [02:58.09]So you take her to find what's waiting inside [03:05.59]The year of the cat [03:08.37] [04:30.05]Well morning comes and you're still with her [04:34.22]And the bus and the tourists are gone [04:38.01]And you've thrown away the choice [04:40.35]And lost your ticket [04:41.99]So you have to stay on [04:46.25]But the drum-beat strains of the night remain [04:48.93]In the rhythm of the new-born day [04:54.67]You know sometime you're bound to leave her [04:58.13]But for now you're going to stay [05:01.14]In the year of the cat [05:03.71] [05:17.68]En in the year of the cat [05:19.85]