Yusuf / Cat Stevens (Father)

And so the other interesting little riff that I found was really, really lovely.

And I found it kind of gave it a modern touch.

When I go out live, you know, people obviously want to hear the songs that they love, the songs that they grew up with.

And I sing those songs, you know, but I do need to try and make it more real for my own purposes and to meet the emotion of the song again.

And so, yes, I find new ways of expressing something of myself today in those songs.

It's a choice, you know, whether or not you're going to add strings or not, but the song certainly deserves strings.

One of the lyrics I find very intriguing and which I love to think about, it says, there's a way I know I have to go away.

That second away could be either a way or it could be away.

I have to go.

Anyway, it just intrigues me.

Even though you would expect that I would start to, like, take the father's role, I certainly don't.

I still wait for the son's part, and then I want to sing it much more than I want to sing the father's part.

The father's part is great.

You know, you go through, you swim through it, and it's fine.

You know, he's kind of casual.

He's a bit concerned, you know, but he's settled down.

You know, sit down, just take it easy.

Yeah, but...

Yeah, I want to get back to the sun.

There's a way, I know, I've got to go.