CAT STEVENS - Father and Son

Cat Stevens






(Father)
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now,
and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow,
but your dreams may not.

(Son)
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

(Instrumental break)

(Father)
Oh it's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

(Son - background vocal)
Away Away Away, I know I have to
make this decision alone - no

(Son)
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them They know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

(Father)
Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?

Song Lyrics: "Father and Son"
Recorded by: "Cat Stevens"
Written by: Cat Stevens
Album: "Tea for the Tillerman" - 1970
Also recorded by: Sandie Shaw, Ronan Keating