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On a morning from a Bogart movieIn a country where they turn back timeYou go strolling through the crowd
Like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun
In a silk dress runningLike a watercolor in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanationsShe'll just tell you that she cameIn the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questionsAs she locks up your arm in hersAnd you follow 'till your sense
Of which directionCompletely disappears
By the blue tiled walls
Near the market stallsThere's a hidden door
She leads you to
These days, she says, I feel my lifeJust like a river running throughThe year of the cat
While she looks at you so coollyAnd her eyes shine
Like the moon in the seaShe comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her,
To find what's waiting insideThe year of the cat
Well morning comes
And you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are goneAnd you've thrown away your choice
You've lost your ticketSo you have to stay on
But the drum-beat strains
Of the night remainIn the rhythm of the newborn day
You know sometime
You're bound to leave herBut for now you're going to stayIn the year of the cat
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