Al Stewart - Year of the cat

The version with the piano solo in the beginning.

Lyrics:

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

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 the 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.

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[lgaytan65]

Al Stewart is one of the most underrated singer/songwriter of our generation. This guy is a musical genius with his beautiful and always classy lyrics. What a beatiful line "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolour in the rain." Wow!!!! Just gorgeous!!! Unfortunately I've never gone to one of his live shows, but it definitely is one of the things on my bucket list!!!!

[Will Hawk]

I came here to listen to a beautiful song. I scroll down and see your rant. WTF has The Year of the Cat got to do with Turks and Armenians? Get the fuck out and write a billboard or something if you want to espouse your hundred year-old views. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Emilio Garcia]

A few years ago there was a time when music was music and lyrics were lyrics.

nothing remains of those good musical memories,,,,what the hell happened to us!!

[gmaccruyff55]

The guy on the piano is fucking brilliant by the way!

[Noemi Jackelin Moya Rengifo]

this is great

[TheAmazonjude]

i love these guys ever since i was 14 and fell inlove with them then..every song on this ablem is excellent...every single one of them...

[Ulla van Laar]

One of my favorites when I drive home from work... al the worries disappear. Beautiful music. Love it. Allways.

[Conrado Bravo]

Near-perfect instrument and vocal coordination.. Great work!

Admirable.. a Classic.

I like nostalgic, melodious songs.

[Ross Asquith]

oh yes!!

[cutta1966]

I agree with u 100%.......my first album I bought with my "own" money. still have it.

[Deathwing2001]

Ah the good old days, when even mellow songs had guitar solos in them... I miss this great 70's style of music.