Al Stewart - Year of the cat



Uploaded by: ElaineMarley
Video Description:
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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30 years ago.. ( 1 week ago by elrompehogares)
30 years ago..
yes 30 years ago... ... ( 1 week ago by luisoncln)
yes 30 years ago.... when music meant something
My 2 daughters ... ( 1 week ago by marcsdriver)
My 2 daughters think I'm a nut because I love this 70's music. It's from the best period of my life and little does the oldest one know, she was probly conceived to this music in the back seat of my 66 Galaxy.
Thanks for posting ... ( 1 week ago by rocketman63)
Thanks for posting this! It's wonderful to catch a bit of that '70s vibe. Al Stewart is something else; no one now even begins to compare.
Have to comment. My ... ( 1 week ago by AimeeSF)
Have to comment. My dad had a 66 Galaxy - though I'm sure I wasn't conceived in it; mother wouldn't allow it. LOL! I'm going to the Sausalito Art Festival (CA) today where Al Stewart is performing. Thought I was seeing Rod Stewart - duh; my sis corrected me so I had to look AS up. I do remember him... love the piano intro.
Apart from the ... ( 1 week ago by LaurenceMJ)
Apart from the beautiful lyrics, I love the sensitive production - the camerawork and editing is never flashy - it just heightens the emotions of the song. Good old BBC and good old BBC technicians.
love the sax and ... ( 6 days ago by civilsoldi)
love the sax and guitar at the end
what year was this? ... ( 6 days ago by StevenGA1011)
what year was this? almost reminds me of around 77
This reminds me of ... ( 4 days ago by gaaraisfreakalicious)
This reminds me of Fruits Basket...
this is just ... ( 4 days ago by hunsterrr)
this is just beautiful.
StevenGA1011 -- the ... ( 4 days ago by vmplatt)
StevenGA1011 -- the year was 1976 when this song was released. Awesome song!
I just saw Al live ... ( 4 days ago by bazjones2008)
I just saw Al live at Sausalito Art festival in CA..on Sunday...absolutely fantastic....Believe it or not I had never heard of Al before..I'll be buying many of his CDs to catch up.
The Old Grey Whistle test piano version is incredible--he does a terrific show and Yr of the Cat live , brings down the house. A true entertainer with loads of stpries--make sure you see him
These guys were ... ( 4 days ago by pdp1948)
These guys were quite good. Guitar and sax work at the end especially nice. This was "rock" in the mid '70s. This group wasn't the best then but they are HEAD AND SHOULDERS above anyone today.
childhood memories. ( 3 days ago by lidarman2)
childhood memories.
Pure Beautiful REAL ... ( 2 days ago by RetroMarc64)
Pure Beautiful REAL music !!!
Year of the Cat, ... ( 2 days ago by dcalava)
Year of the Cat, Time Passagaes, Midnight Rocks, Midas Shadow, Running Man, Merlin's Time, Lord Grenville, Nostradamus, Roads To Moscow...This guy is way underrated.
This is so ... ( 2 days ago by lephare09)
This is so beautiful. I send you a big kiss for uploading it!
The stuff my Dad ... ( 2 days ago by T3cHNo10GiC)
The stuff my Dad used to play late into the night during his crazy New Years parities. I remember falling asleep to this song.
ahhh- ... ( 1 day ago by Appropriator)
ahhh- non-threatening FM music from the early 1980's. heard this track in the movie "running with scissors" and it just took me back . . . fern bars, beige stuff . . .
Memoriess!!! goodd ... ( 1 day ago by kevingr2789)
Memoriess!!! goodd voice ...good musicc!! ;)
real music pure ... ( 1 day ago by phyzicsalz)
real music pure music, propper non-threatning music you guys know your stuff. amazing to chill out to you can really enjoy this song. just the main instruments and that maazing voice brings it all together. love it !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AL ... ( 1 day ago by tunghoy)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AL STEWART! Year of the Cat is one of the best songs ever written, and Al is still going strong. Been a fan since 1970.
gosh i love this ... ( 23 hours ago by xxinbloomxx45)
gosh i love this song and the intro.
amazing. good memory.
i love the song ... ( 19 hours ago by jillsofi)
i love the song follow by the instruments and the rithem its simply awesome thanks bill gates for the internet



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