At this point it may be worthwhile revisiting the song ( youtube). Cat Stevens performs the vocals for both father and son, slightly elevating his pitch to distinguish the son’s dialogue. As its title suggests, the song takes the form of a conversation between a father and son: the former promotes security, normalcy, serenity in convention the son yearns to venture out into the world, thereby finding his true self in a manner that recalls Robert Frost’s poem “Into My Own.” However, we note that much of the song’s sadness comes from the fact that generational difference serves as a barrier to true communication between the two the son does not address the father directly (“How can I try to explain? / When I do he turns away again”). Everyone knows Cat Stevens’s “Father and Son,” perhaps the most celebrated track from his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman.
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