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On The Road To Find Out Lyrics
Well I left my happy home to see what I could find out
I left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out
Well I hit the rowdy road and many kinds I met there
Many stories told me of the way to get there
So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
Well in the end I'll know, but on the way I wonder
Through descending snow, and through the frost and thunder
I listen to the wind come howl, telling me I have to hurry
I listen to the robin's song saying not to worry
So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
Then I found myself alone, hopin' someone would miss me
Thinking about my home, and the last woman to kiss me, kiss me
But sometimes you have to moan when nothing seems to suit ya
But nevertheless you know you're locked towards the future
So on and on you go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
Then I found my head one day when I wasn't even trying
And here I have to say, 'cause there is no use in lying, lying
Yes the answer lies within, so why not take a look now?
Kick out the devil's sin, pick up, pick up a good book now
I left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out
Well I hit the rowdy road and many kinds I met there
Many stories told me of the way to get there
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
Through descending snow, and through the frost and thunder
I listen to the robin's song saying not to worry
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
Thinking about my home, and the last woman to kiss me, kiss me
But nevertheless you know you're locked towards the future
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout
And here I have to say, 'cause there is no use in lying, lying
Kick out the devil's sin, pick up, pick up a good book now
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what a joke that no one hasnt commented on this deeply inspirational song by the great Cat Stevens. For the meaning of this song well it's not that difficult in my opinion to understand what its about so theres really no use in explainin it. btw give this song some attention it feals neglected :)
Your first sentence contains a double negative.
Your first sentence contains a double negative.
Heh.
Heh.
Pretty sure the lyrics are 'Pick up THE good book now'. This was before he became Yusum Islam, so I'm not sure if he meant the Bible or the Quoran, but regardless indicative of the fact that he was spiritual. I consider myself spiritual, not religious, and don't expect that to change, but I find a lot of his music inspirational.
I remember Christopher McCandless with thi song..maybe it's because of the words road and books.
He did lots od road trip (tramping) and reading books.
I can totally relate to this song right now.
Pretty sure he sings, "The good book" in the formal recording, so logically tbe Bible as that is a common English nickname for the Bible going way back. Even if he wrote "a" the song context makes no sense if interpreted as a random "Good book" like a Grieshem novel for the beach. A good Book woyld just mean geab one if tbe many Bibles available. Cat wasn't into Islam until much later than the '70-'72 period in which this was written. My psychological assessment is that Cat soured on Christianity as it was the representative Faith of his parents (Greek Orthodox and Swedish Protestantism....likely Lutheran). When they divorced and remained friends it had an affect on him....IMHO....Like lots of Western teens and early 20's youth, spiritual quests usually include looking into other major religions. Cat had the money to do this from his early teen fame, so he visited the homelands of Hinduism (Katmandu), Buddhism (Buddha & the Chocolate Box), and eventually, Islam (Post pop fame). This quested cane from a nwar-death battle with Tuberculosis and hebce, a stark spiritual transformation between his teen late 60s bebopp songs and those relective, artistic songs of Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman.