Father and Son | Yusuf / 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 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? No