‘Changes IV’ is the fourth song of Cat Stevens' album teaser and the firecat and is one of the few fast paced and energetic songs of the album.
Like other songs of the album, its lyrics are influenced by the singers spiritual awakening and are about a peaceful living and being in the present moment.
[Verse 1]
Don’t you feel a change a coming
From another side of time
Breaking down the walls of silence
Lifting shadows from your mind
Placing back the missing mirrors
That before you couldn’t find
Filling mysteries of emptiness
That yesterday left behind
[Chorus]
And we all know it’s better
Yesterday has past
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
And we all know it’s better
Yesterday has past
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
[Verse 2]
Don’t you feel the day is coming
That will stay and remain
When your children see the answers
That you saw the same
When the clouds have all gone
There will be no more rain
And the beauty of all things
Is uncovered again
[Chorus]
And we all know it’s better (it's better)
Yesterday has past (has past)
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
And we all know it’s better (it's better)
Yesterday has past
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
[Verse 3]
Don’t you feel the day is coming
And it won’t be too soon
When the people of the world
Can all live in one room
When we shake off the ancient
Shake off the ancient chains of our tomb
We will all be born again
Of the eternal womb
[Chorus]
And we all know it’s better (it's better)
Yesterday has past (has past)
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
And we all know it’s better (it's better)
Yesterday has past
Now let’s all start the living
For the one that’s going to last
[Outro]
Let's all start living it
Let's all start living, living, living, living
For the one that’s going to last
Changes IV was written by Cat Stevens.
Changes IV was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith.
Cat Stevens released Changes IV on Fri Oct 01 1971.