Father And Son - Cat Stevens

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
It's not time 

          
to make a chan

             
ge, just relax

             
 and take it e


asy
             
You're still y

              
oung, that's y

            
our fault, the

            
re's so much y

        
ou have to kno

w
             
Find a girl, s

          
ettle down, if

             
 you want to, 

        
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

    
 not

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[Verse 2]
             
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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[Solo]
            
         
            
           
        

[Verse 3]
             
It's not time 

             
to make a chan

             
ge, just sit d

              
own and take i

  
t slowly
       (Away,          away,             away
             
You're still y

              
oung, that's y

            
our fault, the

            
re's so much y

              
ou have to go 


through
                 (I                 know          I    have    to     make ...)
             
      Find a g

             
irl, settle do

             
wn, if you wan

           
t, you can mar

ry
( ... this decision                   alone ...)     

             
Look at me, I 

            
am old, but I'

        
m happy
         (No ...)

[Verse 4]
             
All the times 

            
that I've crie

             
d, keeping all

              
 the things I 


knew inside
       (Stay,           stay,          stay
             
It's hard, but

            
 it's harder t

            
o ignore it
        (Why          must       you go    and make ...)
             
If they were r

            
ight, I'd agre

             
e, but it's th

              
em they know, 

    
not me
( ... this decision                    alone ...)
              
Now there's a 

           
way, and I kno

             
w that I have 

          
to go away
            
I know I have 

   
to go