Father and Son (chromatic)

by Cat Stevens

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Father: 
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It's not time to make a change 

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Just re-lax, take it ea-sy

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You're still young, that's your fault

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There's so much you have to know

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Find a girl, set-tle down

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If you want you can mar-ry

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Look at me. I am old, but I'm hap-py

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 I was once like you are now

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And I know that it's not ea-sy

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To be calm when you've found 

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Some-thing go-ing on

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But take your time, think a lot

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Why, think of ev-'ry-thing you've got

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For you'll still be here to-mor-row

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But your dreams may not 



Son:
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How can I try to ex-plain

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When I  do he turns a- way  a-gain 

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It's al-ways been the same, same old sto-ry 

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From the mo-ment I could talk 

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 I was or-dered to lis-ten 

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Now there's a     way 

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And I know that  I have to go   a-way

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 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. They know it's not me
Now there's a way 
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go