Post by gerrywilson on Oct 20, 2007 10:04:11 GMT -5
I have this under the section 'Song Discussions', but thought I might also include in here...
Please let me know how you like it. Thanks.
I have just completed the lyrics to Father and Son, part two - Thirty years On....
I wrote it as if the same people were speaking, now, all there years later; the father from heavem, and the son wiser with age.
I also wrote it keeping in mind Yusuf's return to the music world and his reasons for this...
I hope that some of you might like it, and if you do i would love to hear your comment. . I am including it beneath this ...
All the best from gerry wilson
Father and Son, Part Two – Thirty Years On.
Father:
It’s now time to make a change,
Not relax or take it easy.
You're grown up, that's so good,
But there’s still so much to do.
You’ve a wife, and a child,
You settled down, and you married.
I am gone, though I’m gone, I am happy.
I can now recall a time, and admit it wasn’t easy,
To be calm in the turmoil of my youth.
But I have travelled, journeyed on,
To a time, a place we all can reach.
Where our yesterdays and tomorrows are at peace with today.
Son:
You have no need to explain; though you’ve gone we are even closer.
The story’s still the same, it’s we have changed.
We were so caught up in talk it was impossible to listen.
It took me time, now I know I don’t have to go away.
I don’t have to go.
Father:
It’s a time for making change,
Get right on, and embrace it.
You're grown up, that's so good,
But there’s still so much you can do.
You’ve a wife, and a child,
You settled down, and you married.
I am gone, I am gone, but I’m happy.
Son:
No more times, wasted times, hiding truth I knew was deep inside,
It’s good, but even better in the sharing.
Yes, they were right, I agree, I’m free to know you and me.
Now I can see, and I know I don’t have to go away.
I don’t have to go.
Optional Extra Verse
Son:
My Father, you and I, we must not be kept apart by time,
We’ll soon be rejoined in the heavens.
Where time will be gone, removed forever from our minds
Thus set free we will know we don’t have to go away.
We won’t have to go.
Remember, I'd love to know how you like like it. Thanks.
From Gerry wilson
Please let me know how you like it. Thanks.
I have just completed the lyrics to Father and Son, part two - Thirty years On....
I wrote it as if the same people were speaking, now, all there years later; the father from heavem, and the son wiser with age.
I also wrote it keeping in mind Yusuf's return to the music world and his reasons for this...
I hope that some of you might like it, and if you do i would love to hear your comment. . I am including it beneath this ...
All the best from gerry wilson
Father and Son, Part Two – Thirty Years On.
Father:
It’s now time to make a change,
Not relax or take it easy.
You're grown up, that's so good,
But there’s still so much to do.
You’ve a wife, and a child,
You settled down, and you married.
I am gone, though I’m gone, I am happy.
I can now recall a time, and admit it wasn’t easy,
To be calm in the turmoil of my youth.
But I have travelled, journeyed on,
To a time, a place we all can reach.
Where our yesterdays and tomorrows are at peace with today.
Son:
You have no need to explain; though you’ve gone we are even closer.
The story’s still the same, it’s we have changed.
We were so caught up in talk it was impossible to listen.
It took me time, now I know I don’t have to go away.
I don’t have to go.
Father:
It’s a time for making change,
Get right on, and embrace it.
You're grown up, that's so good,
But there’s still so much you can do.
You’ve a wife, and a child,
You settled down, and you married.
I am gone, I am gone, but I’m happy.
Son:
No more times, wasted times, hiding truth I knew was deep inside,
It’s good, but even better in the sharing.
Yes, they were right, I agree, I’m free to know you and me.
Now I can see, and I know I don’t have to go away.
I don’t have to go.
Optional Extra Verse
Son:
My Father, you and I, we must not be kept apart by time,
We’ll soon be rejoined in the heavens.
Where time will be gone, removed forever from our minds
Thus set free we will know we don’t have to go away.
We won’t have to go.
Remember, I'd love to know how you like like it. Thanks.
From Gerry wilson