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I Want to Live in a Wigwam - Cat Stevens



     
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I'd like to live in a wigwam
Yes, I'd like to live in a wigwam
I'd like to live in a wigwam
And dance round the totem poleI'd like to live in an igloo
Yes, I'd like to live in an igloo
I'd like to live in an igloo
And fish from an ice holeOh, I'd like to ride on a caravan
I'd like to take a ride on a caravan
Yes, I'd like to ride on a caravan
And sing with the gypsiesI'd like to live on a commune
Yes, I'd like to live on a commune
I'd like to live on a commune
And people can call me a hippieI don't want to live in a palace
No, I don't want to live in no palace
Oh, I don't want to live in no palace
There's too many empty roomsI don't want to live in the barracks
Don't want to live in the barracks
Oh, I don't want to live in the barracks

And wake up to the bugle tuneI'd just like to live in a tree hut
Yes, I'd like to live on the tree hut
Yes, I'd like to live on a tree hut
And listen to the sound of the birdsAnd I don't want to live in a jail house
Don't wanna bide my time in no jail house
No, I don't want to live in no jail house
And be fed bread through the barsI'm glad I'm alive, am I
I'm glad I'm alive, am I
I'm glad I'm alive, I'm glad I'm alive
I'm glad I'm alive, am IWe gotta get our heads up in the sky
We gotta get our heads up in the sky
We gotta get our heads up, gotta give it time
We gotta get our heads up in the skyWe gotta get to Heaven, get a guide
We gotta get to Heaven, get a guide
We gotta get to Heaven, we gotta have a guide
We gotta get to Heaven, get a guide

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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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