sad lisa

[marracrabradabra]

hello and good evening!
i'm new here, but not with cat business

and still i have a question I've been looking for the answer for a long time

well dear friends,
is there anybody knows what was "sad lisa" written about? what's the story behind it?

sorry if that questions was already answered here...

thank you all!

[marracrabradabra]

oh, i'm also sorry about my english

[Monty Python]

Yusuf, in the Majikat concert DVD, says it's about a real "Lisa", but that sometimes he wonders if he's talking about himself in his songs...

[deann]

I thought it was about a friend he knew. Someone who stayed or lived with him for awhile.

[Kevin Duignan]

This song, like many but not all Cat Stevens' love songs, is really a personification of that ancient desire to discover one's soul. It's a personification of the interplay between God's love and ones spiritual love, recognizing that the two can never meet in this life. Other songs along this line are How Can I Tell You, Where Are You and perhaps parts of Foreigner Suit. This technique is as ancient as the Bhagavad Gita,"The Song of God."