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.
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.