Father And Son - Cat Stevens

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[Intro]

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[Verse 1 - Father]
             
It's not time 

          
to make a chan

             
ge, just relax

             
 and take it e


asy
             
You're still y

              
oung that's yo

            
ur fault, ther

            
e's so much yo

          
u have to know
             
Find a girl, s

          
ettle down, if

             
 you want, you

     
 can marry
             
Look at me, I 

            
am old, but I'

       
m happy
             
I was once lik

             
e you are now,

             
 and I know th

            
at it's not ea


sy
             
To be calm whe

            
n you've found

              
 something goi

       
ng on
              
But take your 

             
time, think a 

             
lot, why think

             
 of everything

        
 you've got
             
For you will s

              
till be here t

            
omorrow, but y

             
our dreams may

 
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[Verse 2 - Son]
             
How can I try 

            
to explain? 'c

             
ause when I do

           
 he turns away

 again
             
It's always be

            
en the same, s

             
ame old story
             
From the momen

            
t I could talk

             
 I was ordered

    
 to listen
              
Now there's a 

           
way, and I kno

             
w that I have 

   
to go away
            
I know I have 

   
to go

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[Verse 3 - Father]
             
It's not time 

             
to make a chan

             
ge, just sit d

              
own and take i

  
t slowly
             
You're still y

              
oung, that's y

            
our fault, the

            
re's so much y

              
ou have to go 


through
             
Find a girl, s

             
ettle down, if

             
 you want you 

    
can marry
             
Look at me, I 

            
am old, but I'

       
m happy

[Verse 4 - Son]
             
All the times 

            
that I've crie

             
d, keeping all

              
 the things I 


knew inside
             
It's hard, but

            
 it's harder t

          
o ignore it
             
If they were r

            
ight, I'd agre

             
e, but it's th

              
em they know, 

    
not me
              
Now there's a 

           
way, and I kno

             
w that I have 

   
to go away

[Outro]
            
I know I have 

   
to go