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Cat Stevens - Father And Son Lyrics
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| Title | Father And Son |
| Artist | Cat Stevens  |
| Album | Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2003) ,  Track 3  ,
Tea For The Tillerman (1970) , Track 2 ,
Remember Cat Stevens (1999) , Track 2 ,
Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits (1990) , Track 9 ,
Greatest Hits (0000) , Track 9 |
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| Rank | 3,087 (+247) history |
| Referring urls | top 10 |
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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
Well think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not
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
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down and take it slowly
You're still young that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through (desisions)
Find a girl, settle down
If you want, you can marry
Look at me, I am old
But I'm happy
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
 lyrics submitted by Rob2k lyrics corrected on 19-12-2004 |
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26-06-2004 17:48 Gate_Kepper | 
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dnt really like it  | | 26-06-2004 18:08 Jez |
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Hmmmn... it's actually a classic that was rediscovered by Boyzone in their very early days.
Not the most vibrant of songs but the song and lyrics themselves actually makes sense and means something, which is always a good thing in my eyes. | | 10-07-2004 09:11 Raindropp |
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| This song is calm, and the text is real smart: It really is a conversation between father and son  | | 26-07-2004 13:56 Molgy |
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"From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen"
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molgy i agree..
amazing lyrics everyone | | 23-11-2004 18:29 s_t_e_v_e |
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its an awsome song, calm bt the lyrics stik inya head | | 30-11-2004 19:12 oliver92 |
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this is a really good song. The lyrics really stucks in your head!!! | | 07-12-2004 04:48 magdalena_b_m |
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i think the lyrics are about cat stevens when he had cancer... so i'm imagining that he tried to explain to his son that he might die but his son was afraid or something so he turned away... kinda sad if you think of it that way but i'm not sure if that's the real meaning, i'm just guessing | | 09-12-2004 05:03 mel_2213 |
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the song is bout a father talking to his son. tryin to convince him not to go to war. that he has so much more to do. so much more to live.
bloody great song | | 17-12-2004 03:50 magdalena_b_m |
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| then why does he say that he has to go away? i still think it's about the cancer thing 'cause it says something about him trying to explain and his son turning away but i dunno.. | | 20-12-2004 00:57 mel_2213 |
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| coz its somethin that he has to do. | | 03-01-2005 06:04 Mien |
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Poignant, reflective, intuitive. | | 20-06-2005 05:59 MaRiEliNa |
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i think this is a very good song, and it reminds me when im in a trip and my father puts his music on | | 14-11-2005 01:02 Tuulikki |
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This song is really beautiful.
I think it might be a dialogue between father and son.
The verses that end with "I know I have to go" could be the son (and the rest, his father), and his father is telling him to take it easy; he doesn't have to make any big decisions about his life yet.
If that was the case, it could be about the son going to war or, more broadly, just choosing his path in life.
It's quite a sad song, but what makes it more sad to me is that I became familiar with it through a life insurance (I think) ad that was played on TV a lot a few years ago. The ad showed a series of black and white shots with a father and son through the years, from when the son is a baby, till the son is middle aged and the father is elderly, and in all of them they are standing or working together happily. But in the last shot the middle-aged son is alone, and seems not to know what to do with himself without his father beside him. Almost makes me cry just thinking about it. | | 15-01-2006 01:31 I_LOVE_CAMP |
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Fantasic song! sung it at campfire at the camp I work at, marvolous! | | 19-08-2006 03:20 q8falcon |
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A MASTERPIECE,,,,,THE BREATHTAKING CAT STEVENS IS UNQUESTIONABLY THE BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | 03-03-2007 12:45 OhHenry |
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This song will always remind me of my father... And that in itself is enough to give this song all 5's... I like the song too Lol | | 05-04-2007 10:36 Forever4 |
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| Good ol' times.... which I wasn't a part of but anyway  | | 19-11-2008 05:15 rodrigoshh |
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I Like it sooooooooooo much !! |
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