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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
How can I try to explain?
'Cause 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
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
All the times that I've 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, not me
Now there's a way, and I know
That I have to go away
I know I have to go

hallogallo Apr 29, 2013 - 18:11	The entire album is a true masterpiece, start to finish. [ Reply ]
ScottN Apr 29, 2013 - 18:10	I relish the memory of seeing him at the height of his Cat Stevens fame in a small venue. He and and an accompanying guitarist. It was wonderful. [ Reply ]
grant Apr 29, 2013 - 18:10	Great music like this is timeless. [ Reply ]
tonypf Apr 29, 2013 - 18:08	schayler wrote: I used to listen to this song on a loop, knowing I needed to come out to my dad, but not knowing how. I always felt Stevens was speaking directly to me when he sung this, especially, "All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside. It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it." Now "old," and out, I am indeed happy. Never heard this song on RP before. Stopped me in my tracks. Blessings to you. [ Reply ]
kencav Mar 29, 2013 - 15:57	Hundreds of listens later, I still get chills listening to this song. As a son who lost his father at a young age and now as a father to sons it expresses that relationship spiritually. [ Reply ]
scrubbrush Mar 29, 2013 - 15:48	schayler wrote: I used to listen to this song on a loop, knowing I needed to come out to my dad, but not knowing how. I always felt Stevens was speaking directly to me when he sung this, especially, "All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside. It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it." Now "old," and out, I am indeed happy. Never heard this song on RP before. Stopped me in my tracks. Wonderful story. [ Reply ]
schayler Feb 26, 2013 - 04:59	I used to listen to this song on a loop, knowing I needed to come out to my dad, but not knowing how. I always felt Stevens was speaking directly to me when he sung this, especially, "All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside. It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it." Now "old," and out, I am indeed happy. Never heard this song on RP before. Stopped me in my tracks. [ Reply ]
unclehud Jan 25, 2013 - 21:48	Forty years ago, one of the strongest lines in this tune said: "Look at me; I am old, but I'm happy." That line was like a lightning bolt then, just as it was fifteen minutes ago: the highest goal of a human life. [ Reply ]
SanFranGayMan Oct 23, 2012 - 20:48	A timeless, generational spanding song. So wistful, heartfelt. We've all been there, but few able to put it as loving as Cat did. [ Reply ]
linzie Oct 23, 2012 - 20:45	This s—— is that good, but it brings me too far back!!!!!! ...guitar class in high school, can't remember teachers name, but I can see him jumping all over the room making sure we got these chords right!! Telling us how the son is singing back to his father..... ...I'm getting old.... [ Reply ]
tkosh Oct 23, 2012 - 20:45	Thank God they caught this guy at the airport. What a beautiful song. [ Reply ]
scraig Oct 01, 2012 - 11:05	Dear PSD, thank you for taking me to this wonderful treasure to mine ear. [ Reply ]
garyalex Sep 22, 2012 - 08:09	bachbeet wrote: The fact that Cat lost his way and turned to Islam does not diminish this song in the least for me. I just wish he had kept putting out songs instead of basically turning his back on the art. "Lost his way"? I expect he'd say he'd found his way. Still, I also wish he'd kept making music like this. [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Jul 21, 2012 - 10:32	This man held the world within his larynx for some rather idyllic and innocent years of my childhood; how lucky I was to have this (and Donovan and Carole King had that vibrato thing going then too) in the background of so much accelerated change...and thanks RP for keeping the connections alive and pulsing! [ Reply ]
rdo Jul 21, 2012 - 10:29	Love this song. My mom played this around the house when I was a kid. Sunday mornings she would always turn on the record player to something like this. [ Reply ]
bachbeet Jun 19, 2012 - 22:40	The fact that Cat lost his way and turned to Islam does not diminish this song in the least for me. I just wish he had kept putting out songs instead of basically turning his back on the art. [ Reply ]
philipr Apr 17, 2012 - 10:06	Cat, your music brought us higher than the sky, sometime near godfather ; Why di you leave us so soon ? [ Reply ]
donnyballgame Apr 17, 2012 - 10:04	floydginger wrote: Makes me want to go and get my 12 year old son out of school and take him to the beach where he can enjoy his youth and I can enjoy him. Do it man. You won't regret it. [ Reply ]
ubuntourist Apr 17, 2012 - 09:59	For a thematic pairing, "Dialogue Part 1 & 2" by Chicago... [ Reply ]
floydginger Apr 17, 2012 - 09:56	Makes me want to go and get my 12 year old son out of school and take him to the beach where he can enjoy his youth and I can enjoy him. [ Reply ]