Year Of The Cat (Single Version) (Live) (Live)-Al Stewart

[ti:Year Of The Cat] [ar:Al Stewart] [al:] [by:] [offset:0] [01:08.19]On a morning from a Bogart movie [01:11.82]In a country where they turn back time [01:16.00]You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre [01:20.33]Contemplating a crime [01:24.00]She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running [01:28.32]Like a watercolor in the rain [01:32.06]Don't bother asking for explanations [01:36.61]She'll just tell you that she came [01:39.11]In the year of the cat [01:42.11] [01:57.50]She doesn't give you time for questions [02:01.06]As she locks up your arm in hers [02:05.22]And you follow till your sense of which direction [02:09.48]Completely disappears [02:12.41]By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls [02:17.66]There's a hidden door she leads you to [02:21.59]These days she says "I feel my life [02:25.59]Just like a river running through" [02:27.71]The year of the cat [02:31.65] [02:46.23]Why she looks at you so coolly [02:49.85]And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea [02:53.99]She comes in incense and patchouli [02:57.88]So you take her to find what's waiting inside [03:05.51]The year of the cat [03:10.54] [04:29.29]Well morning comes and you're still with her [04:33.42]And the bus and the tourists are gone [04:37.61]And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket [04:41.80]So you have to stay on [04:44.20] [04:45.53]But the drumbeat strains of the night remain [04:49.85]In the rhythm of the new-born day [04:53.79]You know sometime you're bound to leave her [04:57.91]But for now you're going to stay [05:00.60]In the year of the cat [05:03.50] [05:17.20]Year of the cat [05:20.26]