I was just trippin’ through the archives tonight, seeking a song that would strike a chord somewhere in my befuddled mind, and when I came across this one, I sat up a bit straighter and something inside me said, “YEAH!!!!”  I knew then that I had found what I was looking for!

Cat Stevens, nee Steven Demetre Georgiou, is a British singer/songwriter.  I have a confession to make … I did not know he was British!  I’ve always loved this song … it is on my ‘walking’ playlist, as it gets me going faster than some and adds a bit of bounce to the steps.

Stevens tells why he wrote the song …

“I was trying to relate to my life. I was at the point where it was beginning to happen and I was myself going into the world. I’d done my career before, and I was sort of warning…