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Can't Keep It In - Cat Stevens



     
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Oh, I can't keep it in
I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out
I've got to show the world, world's got to see
See all the love, love that's in meI said, why walk alone?
Why worry when it's warm over here?
You've got so much to say, say what you mean
Mean what you're thinking, think anythingOh why, why must you waste you're life away?
You've got to live for today, then let it go, oh
Lover, I want to spend this time with you
There's nothing I wouldn't do, if you let me knowAnd I can't keep it in
I can't hide it and I can't lock it away
I'm up for your love, love heats my blood
Blood spins my head, and my head falls in loveNo, I can't keep it in
I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out
I've gotta show the world, world's got to know
Know of the love, love that lies lowSo why can't you say?
If you know, then why can't you say?
You've got too much deceit, deceit kills the light

Light has to shine, I said shine light, shine lightLove, that's no way to live your life
You allow too much to go by, and that won't do, no
Lover, I want to have you here by my side
Now don't you run, don't you hide, while I'm with youAn' I can't keep it in
I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out
I've got to show the world, world's got to see
See all the love, love that's in meI said, why walk alone?
Now why worry when it's warm over here?
You've got so much to say, say what you mean
Mean what you're thinking, think anything, why not?
Now, why, why, why not?

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Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou in London, England on 21st July 1948, and now named Yusuf Islam) is best known for his work as a popular British folk rock musician, although born and raised by a Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. At the outset of his musical career, Georgiou adopted the stage name "Cat Stevens", under which name he sold forty million albums, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Stevens became a convert to Islam in 1978 after a near-death experience. He adopted the name Yusuf Islam and became an outspoken advocate for the religion. Following his conversion, Yusuf abandoned his previous career as a pop star, with which he had always been uncomfortable. Song and the use of musical instruments is an area of debate in Islamic jurisprudence (law) and is the primary factor Cat Stevens retreated from the pop spotlight. At one point he wrote to the record companies asking that his music no longer be distributed, but his request was denied. Following Ayatollah Khomeini's February 14, 1989 death fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, he made statements that were interpreted as endorsing the killing of Rushdie. On February 21, 1989, Yusuf Islam addressed students at Kingston University in London about his conversion to Islam and was asked about the controversy in the Muslim world and the fatwa calling for Salman Rushdie's execution. He replied, "He must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die."

He released a series of low-profile spoken word albums throughout the next few decades, but only truly returned to the pop arena in 2005 with the new song "Indian Ocean", as well as a number of notable benefit performances. In November 2006, he released his first pop album in 28 years, entitled "An Other Cup", filled with music quite reminscent of his 1970s sounds, though with a more obvious spirituality.

He released a new album in 2009 called 'Roadsinger' and features Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Michelle Branch, Gunnar Nelson and Terry Sylvester among others. It is a return to his well loved 'Cat Stevens' sound.

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