Oh Very Young Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rosario101 

Cover art for Oh Very Young lyrics by Cat Stevens

I'm a doctor a child neurologist and spent a lot of time in neonatal ICUs in several big NYC hospitals. Lots of very very sick newborn babies. Many living for only a few days. I always thought of this song - ultimately, these babies leave us and their families a lot as they dance on this earth for a short while before riding the great white bird into Heaven.

@rosario101 By the way has this guy every written anything after 1970 that wasn't profoundly spiritual? There's nobody else in popular music quite like him. For my money he's Dylan-Politics+Spirituality and a lot less cryptic. He always seems to be on a spiritual quest. The world today needs more of this!

You might say - well how about "Another Saturday Night" thats not very spiritual - but it's a Sam Cook song, of course.