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Cat Stevens – Father and Son
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While it’s now one of Stevens' most famous songs, “Father and Son” was not a hit in the UK or US when released in 1970. It did, however, eventually chart in Italy and The
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Cat Stevens – Moonshadow
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[Chorus] / Yes I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow / Moonshadow, moonshadow / Leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow / Moonshadow, moonshadow / [Verse 1] / And if I ever lose my hands
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Cat Stevens – The Wind
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At under two minutes, the opening track of Teaser and the Firecat is one of the shortest Stevens ever wrote. It’s melodic, peaceful and thoughtful, and could be interpreted as a
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Cat Stevens – Trouble
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Trouble came out on his third album Mona Bone Jakon in 1970.
Stevens, considered a young teen sensation, was overwhelmed by a new lifestyle, as well as the demands of writing
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Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
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Originally a Scottish Christian hymn “Bunessan”
which had been found in L. McBean’s Songs And Hymns Of The Gael published in 1900, the tune was used as a Christmas carol.
In 1931
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Cat Stevens – Miles from Nowhere
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In 2000, Stevens told the Gainesville Sun that “Miles From Nowhere” was one of his songs that expressed his hunger in the 70s for spiritual balance. Stevens tried Buddhism, Taoism
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Cat Stevens – Where Do the Children Play?
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“Where Do The Children Play?” opens Stevens' 1970 international breakthrough album Tea For The Tillerman. It can also be found as the b-side of the 1971 single “Peace Train” (from
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Cat Stevens – Hard Headed Woman
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Though never released as a single and not a hit, “Hard Headed Woman” was included on Steven’s 1975 Greatest Hits album and is one of his most well-known songs.
In it, he yearns
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Cat Stevens – Into White
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Stevens has shared that “Into White” is about naivety and the search for freedom and purity. In 1971, a reviewer suggested the song is an ‘intriguing and reflective song about his
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Cat Stevens – Lady d’Arbanville
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Lady D'Arbanville was released in 1970 by folk rock legend Cat Stevens. Though it has a bittersweet madrigal flair, it is merely Stevens' break-up song to complement the end of his
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Cat Stevens – Rubylove
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“Rubylove” shows the love for Greek music Stevens' gained while admiring his brother performing. The song features the Greek mandolin-like bouzouki and one verse is sung entirely
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Cat Stevens – The First Cut Is the Deepest
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[Verse 1] / I would have given you all of my heart / But there's someone who's torn it apart / And she's takin' almost all that I've got / But if you want, I'll try to love again
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Cat Stevens – Sitting
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This song is the first track on Cat Stevens' sixth album, Catch Bull at Four. It is a song about him meditating.
It was around the time of the album being made that Stevens began
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Cat Stevens – Grandsons
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Wish I could watch them jumping round, calling names / Kicking cans and playing tag, hide in every place / Wish I could see them now, and even join in their games / How different
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Cat Stevens – Jesus
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They used to call Him Jesus, long time ago / They're still calling Him Jesus, don't you know? / They crossed the wood and hanged Him a long time ago / They still misunderstand Him
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Cat Stevens – Jesus
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They used to call Him Jesus, long time ago / They're still calling Him Jesus, don't you know? / They crossed the wood and hanged Him a long time ago / They still misunderstand Him
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Cat Stevens – Longer Boats
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While the song has an idyllic, pastoral sound, and lyrics and harmonies that evoke something a group of homesick oarsmen might sing while rowing, Stevens originally claimed that “
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Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
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Song by Cat Stevens, later made famous by being played during the credits of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s TV show Extras
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Cat Stevens – Peace Train
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Peace Train was a song written and sung by Cat Stevens and first released in 1971 on his album teaser and the Firecat. The song became #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the
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Widespread Panic – Steven's Cat
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Can't tell time chasing the sun 'til the night fall like yesterday / Shadow the moon lighting the wood path to your door or nowhere at all / Get by lookin' for just a little bit
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Cat Stevens – Ready
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I love, I love, I'm ready to love, yes / I love, I love, I'm ready to love, yeah / I love, I love, I'm ready to, ready to, ready to love / I love, I love, I'm ready to love, yeah
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Cat Stevens – Foreigner Suite
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There are no words, I can use / Because the meaning still leaves for you to choose / And I couldn't stand to let them be abused, by you / Dreams I had just last night / Made me
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Cat Stevens – C79
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Sit you down, sit you down young gentlemen / There's something I want you to know / You keep on asking me, keep on asking me why / Oh why are we here? It started a long time ago
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Cat Stevens – Just Another Night
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I remember standing here / Right on this very same site / I was dying but for you / It was just another night / You once rocked me in your world / You bought me my first shoes / I
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Cat Stevens – Matthew and Son
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The song, according to Stevens, took its name from the tailor, Henry Matthews, who made suits for Stevens, who thought up the story of the worker who is the main character in the
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Cat Stevens – The Hurt
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You say you want to seek the truth / But it's hard to find, no one to help you / Your friends don't have the time / So you ride around in your car / Switch on the radio, you want
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Cat Stevens – Roadsinger
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Roadsinger came to town, long cape and hat / People stood and stared then closed their doors as he passed / He strolled the empty street, kids banged on tin cans / Then the panting
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Cat Stevens – Olive Hill
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[Verse 1] / Once upon a lighting horse / Riding through the universe / Shedding light upon a thousand doors / Time stood still / On the olive hill / [Verse 2] / On his back the
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Cat Stevens – If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
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[Verse 1] / Well, if you want to sing out, sing out / And if you want to be free, be free / 'Cause there's a million things to be / You know that there are / [Verse 2] / And if you
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Cat Stevens – Don't Be Shy
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[Verse 1] / Don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by / Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there / Just lift your head and let your feelings out instead / And don't
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Cat Stevens – Lady d’Arbanville (Live)
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My lady D'Arbanville, why do you sleep so still? / I'll wake you tomorrow / And you will be my fill, yes, you will be my fill / My lady D'Arbanville, why does it grieve me so
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Cat Stevens – Sad Lisa
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“Sad Lisa” was released as a single in France (with “Wild World” as the b-side). It was also the b-side of a few European releases of “Wild World”, and appears immediately after it
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Cat Stevens – Take the World Apart
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[Verse 1] / I'll take the world apart / To find a place for a peaceful heart / I know I've got to find it / Although I break down the Walls of China / [Verse 2] / I shake the world
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Cat Stevens – King of a Land
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[Verse 1] / If I was a king of a land / I'd free every woman and man / I'd let them go / I'd set them free to serve You / [Verse 2] / If I knew every fish in the sea / And every
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Cat Stevens – But I Might Die Tonight
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Film director Jerzy Skolimowski asked his friend Cat Stevens to write a song for his 1970 film Deep End. The result was “But I Might Die Tonight”, which was heard during the movie’
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Cat Stevens – Tuesday's Dead
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If I make a mark in time / Then I can't say the mark is mine / I'm only the underline of the word / Yes, I'm like him, just like you / An' I can't tell you what to do / Like
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Fatherson – Cat Stevens
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God knows I want too / More than I should do / Know that I'll keep you warm / Living the high life / Not just the highlights / Know that I'll keep you warm / Know that she needs
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Cat Stevens – Dying to Live
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You know I've heard it said there's beauty in distortion / By some people who've withdrawn to find their heads / Now they say that there is humor in misfortune / You know I wonder
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Cat Stevens – Changes IV
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[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
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Cat Stevens – Heaven/ where true love goes
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The moment you walked inside my door / I knew that I need not look no more / I've seen many other souls before - ah but / Heaven must've programmed you / The moment you fell inside
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