Al Stewart (GB) feat. Peter White Lyrics
"Year Of The Cat"
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On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd 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 bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls 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 running through
The year of the cat
Well, she looks at you so cooly
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat
Well, morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your 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 know SOMETIME you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd 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 bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls 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 running through
The year of the cat
Well, she looks at you so cooly
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat
Well, morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your 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 know SOMETIME you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat
This song is from the album "Year Of The Cat", "Rhymes In Rooms", "Time Passages Live", "Life At The Roxy - LA 1981", "Indian Summer", "The Definitive Pop Collection", "Al Stewart - Greatest Hits", "Very Best Of", "Piece Of Yesterday: The Anthology", "Al And Laurence Live For Two Nights Only", "B.B.C. Rock Hour", "Cafe Society (1998)", "A Piece Of Yesterday - The Anthology", "Al Stewart", "An Acoustic Evening With Al Stewart", "An Introduction To Al Stewart", "Best - On The Border", "Chronicles - The Best Of Al Stewart", "Exitos De Al Stewart", "Greatest Hits", "Introducing - Al Stewart", "Just Yesterday", "On The Border", "On The Border/Year Of The Cat", "Original Album Series Vol 1", "Original Album Series Vol. 2", "Coldest Winter In Memory", "Acoustic" and "Dutch Tour 1996 Vol. 2".