Majicat - Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman Est. 1999I raise my hand and touch the wheel of change taking time to check the dial Home Recordings Messageboard TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN November 1970 Front Cover Back Cover Island Issue Gatefold Centerfold 1. Where do the Children Play? 3:48 2. Hard - Headed Woman 3:48 3. Wild World 3:15 4. Sad Lisa 3:39 5. Miles From Nowhere 3:30 6. But I Might Die Tonight (from the film " Deep End") 1:51 7. Longer Boats 3:07 8. Into White 3.23 9. On the Road to Findout 5:07 10. Father and Son (from the film "Revolussia") 3:36 11. Tea for the Tillerman 1:00 Where Do The Children Play? Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes. Or taking a ride on a cosmic train. Switch on summer from a slot machine. yes, Get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything. I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play? Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass. For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas. And you make them long, and you make them tough. But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off. Oh, I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play? Well you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air. But, will you keep on building higher 'til there's no more room up there? Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry? Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die? I know we've come a long way, We're changing day to day, But tell me, where do the children play? Hard Headed Woman I'm looking for a hard headed woman, One who will take me for myself, And if I find my hard headed woman, I will need nobody else, no, no,no. I'm looking for a hard headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard headed woman I know the rest of my life will be blessed -- yes, yes, yes. I know a lot of fancy dancers, people who can glide you on a floor, They move so smooth but have no answers. When you ask them "What d'you come here for?" "I don't know" "Why?" I know many fine feathered friends but their friendliness depends on how you do. They know many sure fired ways to find out the one who pays and how you do. I'm looking for a hard headed woman, One who will make me feel so good, And if I find my hard headed woman, I know my life will be as it should -- yes, yes, yes. I'm looking for a hard headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard headed woman... Wild World Now that I've lost everything to you You say you wanna start something new And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin' Baby, I'm grievin' But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child, girl You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do And it's breakin' my heart in two Because I never wanna see you a sad girl Don't be a bad girl But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Chorus Baby, I love you But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Chorus Sad Lisa She hangs her head and cries in my shirt. She must be hurt very badly. Tell me what's making you sadly? Open your door, don't hide in the dark. You're lost in the dark, you can trust me. 'Cause you know that's how it must be. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. Her eyes like windows, tricklin' rain Upon her pain getting deeper. Though my love wants to relieve her. She walks alone from wall to wall. Lost in a hall, she can't hear me. Though I know she likes to be near me. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. She sits in a corner by the door. There must be more I can tell her. If she really wants me to help her. I'll do what I can to show her the way. And maybe one day I will free her. Though I know no one can see her. Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa. Miles From Nowhere Miles from nowhere I guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there Look up at the mountain I have to climb Oh yeah, to reach there. Lord my body has been a good friend But I won't need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere Guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there I creep through the valleys And I grope through the woods 'cause I know when I find it my honey It's gonna make me feel good I love everything So don't it make you feel sad 'cause I'll drink to you, my baby I'll think to that, I'll think to that. Miles from nowhere Not a soul in sight Oh yeah, but it's alright I have my freedom I can make my own rules Oh yeah, the ones that I choose Lord my body has been a good friend But I won't need it when I reach the end Miles from nowhere Guess I'll take my time Oh yeah, to reach there. But I Might Die Tonight I don't want to work away Doing just what they all say "Work hard boy and you'll find One day you'll have a job like mine" 'Cause I know for sure Nobody should be that poor To say yes or sink low Because you happen to say so, say so, you say so I don't want to work away Doing just what they all say "Work hard boy and you'll find One day you'll have a job like mine, job like mine, a job like mine" "Be wise, look ahead Use your eyes" he said "Be straight, think right But I might die tonight!" Longer Boats Longer boats are coming to win us They're coming to win us, they're coming to win us Longer boats are coming to win us Hold on to the shore, they'll be taking the key from the door. I don't want no god on my lawn Just a flower I can help along 'Cause the soul of no body knows how a flower grows... Oh how a flower grows. Chorus Mary dropped her pants by the sand And let a parson come and take her hand But the soul of no body knows Where the parson goes, where does the parson go? Chorus Into White I built my house from barley rice Green pepper walls and water ice Tables of paper wood, windows of light And everything emptying into White. A simple garden, with acres of sky A Brown-haired dogmouse If one dropped by Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night With everything emptying into White. A sad Blue eyed drummer rehearses outside A Black spider dancing on top of his eye Red legged chicken stands ready to strike And everything emptying into White. I built my house from barley rice Green pepper walls and water ice... And everything emptying into White On The Road To Find Out 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 find out 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 yer 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 Father And Son Father It's not time to make a change, Just relax, take it easy. You're still young, that's your fault, There's so much you have to know. Find a girl, settle down, If you want you can marry. Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy. I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy, To be calm when you've found something going on. But take your time, think a lot, Why, think of everything you've got. For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not. Son How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again. It's always been the same, same old story. From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen. Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away. I know I have to go. Father It's not time to make a change, Just sit down, take it slowly. You're still young, that's your fault, There's so much you have to go through. Find a girl, settle down, if you want you can marry. Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy. (Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to Make this decision alone - no) Son All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside, It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it. If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me. Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away. I know I have to go. (Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and make this decision alone?) Tea For The Tillerman Bring tea for the Tillerman Steak for the sun Wine for the women who made the rain come Seagulls sing your hearts away 'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play Oh Lord how they play and play For that happy day, for that happy day