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It's so quiet in the ruins
Walking though the old town
Stones crumbling under my feet
I see smoke for miles aroundOh, it's enough to make you weep
All that remains of the main street
Up in the park on Sunday
Dogs chasing and the children playedOld man with his head down
Can't see nothing more around, no
But he remembers how it used to be
Back in the old daysSo nice to see you coming
Back in this town again
It's nice to see a friendly face
Come peeping throughHaving tea In the afternoon, now
So nice to see you coming
Back in this town againAh, but it's all changed
Winter turned on a man
Came down on day
When no one was looking

And it stole away the landPeople running scared, losing hands
Dodging shadows of falling sand
Buildings standing like empty shells
And nobody, helping no one elseYoung child with his hands high
Ain't able to see no reason why, no
But he remembers how it used to beSo nice to see you coming
Back in this town again
It's nice to see a friendly face
Come peeping throughYou'd better know
What you're going through now
You came back here to find
Your home is a black horizon
That you don't recognizeEvil destruction has taken everything
You'd better walk on the side
While you're still walking
Just keep on walking on
Down the street keep your distance
From the people you meet, oh, LordAnd you'd better watch your eyes
'Cause if smoke gets in them
Baby, you won't rise again
So nice to see you coming
Back in this town againWhere's it leading to
Freedom at what cost
People needing more and more
And it's all getting lostI want back, I want back
Back to the time
When the earth was green
And there was no high walls
And the sea was clean
Don't stop that sun to shine
It's not yours or mine, no

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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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