Oh Very Young, Never Truer Words Have Been Sung!

Cat Stevens 1971

Oh Very Young written by Cat Stevens 

born  Steven Demetre Georgiou, 

now known as Yusuf Islam 

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
You're only dancing on this earth
For a short while
And though your dreams may toss
And turn you now.
They will vanish away -
Like your Daddy's best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want him to last.
Forever you know he never will
(You know he never will)
And the patches
Make the goodbye harder still.

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
There'll never be a better chance

Cat Stevens, 
now Yusuf Islam 2011

To change your mind
And if you want this world
To see (a better day)
Will you carry
The words of love with you
Will you ride
The great white bird into heaven
And though you want to last.
Forever you know you never will
(You know you never will)
And the goodbye
Makes the journey harder still.

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
You're only dancing on this earth
For a short while
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time. 

"Life is not lost by dying; 

life is lost minute by minute, 

day by dragging day, 

in all the thousand small uncaring ways."  

~Stephen Vincent Benét

Carpe Diem, seize the day!

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