Folk rock - 1970 - Cat Stevens - Father and Son

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

Father:

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:

Away, away, away, I know

I have to make this decision alone – no

Son:

All the times that I’ve 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 you 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? No