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This was the song that Ronan Keating auditioned with, to become part of Boyzone. Nine years after Boyzone’s version of the song charted, Keating duetted with the song’s original artist, Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam), and released the recording as a charity single for the Band Aid trust. Ban...
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
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
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
Father and Son was written by Cat Stevens.
Father and Son was produced by Greg Wells.
Stevens shared in 2000:
I wrote “Father And Son” in connection with an idea I had about a musical based on the Russian Revolution: the son was about to join the Revolution, the father was a farmer who wanted him to stay at home.
Despite being written for a musical, Stevens confided in the 1970s th...