(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.



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 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.