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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 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 sometimes you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat

Lazarus May 17, 2013 - 10:02	shellbella wrote: And does anybody really know what it's about??? I guess it's whatever you want it to mean. The title is a Zodiac allusion... the song is about a romance between a tourist and a wild woman... I remember when this song came out, too... it was catchy... good song... [ Reply ]
shellbella May 17, 2013 - 09:56	And does anybody really know what it's about??? I guess it's whatever you want it to mean. [ Reply ]
shellbella May 17, 2013 - 09:53	I've always liked this song...... I always remember where I was the first time I heard it. [ Reply ]
ScottishWillie Apr 16, 2013 - 02:28	ScottishWillie wrote: This song acts like my own personal time machine. Going through the posts from other listeners it looks like I am not the only one transported back in time by this song. This tune seems to be particularly evocative to a special time and place for a lot of us. The ability for a song to do this must be one of the most under rated aspects of music. [ Reply ]
westslope Mar 15, 2013 - 15:49	This came out in 1976. Starting hitching that year and arrived in Tierra del Fuego in 1978. This one received considerable air play. [ Reply ]
jocelynsart Mar 15, 2013 - 15:45	Loved this song since I first heard it. Still ranks up there as probably one of my personal favourite 5 songs of all time. [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Mar 15, 2013 - 15:45	Timeless and always apropos... I walk into the room, on the way out for a bike ride in the splendor of a day that makes Colorado proud...and this grabs me, makes me sit and comment that I recall hearing this one summer evening in San Luis Obispo in an altered state and always and everywhere I LOVE HEARING THIS and now I go out and ride through Cranmer Park, past Robinson Park, and around Crestmoor Park...and THIS WILL BE IN MY HEAD! and Thank You , RP! [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Jan 11, 2013 - 22:13	I HEAR YA! One hell of an era it was! Any of those songs you mention can send me back...I was even then A WILD AND CRAZY GUY in love with beer, weed, music and speed (as in racing); these songs were on the radio and on tape; I had a hot-rod Cutlass with Thrush glass-packs, Cragar mags and G-60s on the back, an Audiovox 8-Track in the dash and awesome speakers in the rear deck...YES! ————- WonderLizard wrote: This along with "Baker Street," and Rumours were that summer's soundtrack. Single, male, straight bartender in San Francisco—it was a good time to be alive. [ Reply ]
robertomiller Jan 11, 2013 - 22:13	Beautifully unexpected choice, RP. That really takes me back in an elegant way. Long drives, listening to Rock 100 "The KATT" out of Oklahoma City... [ Reply ]
WonderLizard Dec 11, 2012 - 13:14	This along with "Baker Street," and Rumours were that summer's soundtrack. Single, male, straight bartender in San Francisco—it was a good time to be alive. [ Reply ]
linzie Dec 11, 2012 - 13:10	I remember when and where..... [ Reply ]
joelbb Oct 09, 2012 - 19:34	zivko wrote: Delicious fluff Exactly! Definitely fluff, but nice and blues/jazzy with a good pop vocal on top of it. Didn't realize it was that old. [ Reply ]
zivko Sep 08, 2012 - 05:59	Delicious fluff [ Reply ]
sajitjacob Aug 07, 2012 - 18:58	I never realized how much Neil Tennant sounds like Al Stewart. I dislike both equally. Sorry. [ Reply ]
Sasha2001 Jun 05, 2012 - 13:43	Wow! Like other posters here this song evokes vivid memories of a particular time and place. I can remember coming home from kindergarten and hearing this song on the radio in the kitchen of my dad's restaurant. I was the kind of kid the would create the most elaborate drum kits from pots and pans. Wish I had film of some of those jam sessions. [ Reply ]
lazylemming Jun 05, 2012 - 13:38	Cheesy deliciousness for my ears! [ Reply ]
msymmes Jun 05, 2012 - 13:37	Fits well on RP. It's a classic but you won't find it on Classic Rock stations. Not that I have actually listened to Q107 in a million years :) [ Reply ]
neuticle Jun 05, 2012 - 13:36	I know it's a classic and all..but I just don't hear it. Seems cheesy ... [ Reply ]
deepwoodskev Jun 05, 2012 - 13:36	Ahhh....memories of summers listening to WLS AM in Chicago on a shitty 1-speaker transistor radio. [ Reply ]
lily34 Jun 05, 2012 - 13:33	ScottishWillie wrote: This song acts like my own personal time machine. [ Reply ]