Songs for HHP, Track 3

"Father and Son"
Written and performed by Cat Stevens
(c) 1970

(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)
All the times that I cried
Keeping all the thinks 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...