"Father and Son"

Poder-se-ia dizer que são os "Pinto a Pedais", não seria totalmente incorrecto, no entanto, acabado de chegar da Burinhosa e do "VII Encontro Nacional de Bicicletas Antigas", apenas tenho em mente uma música do Cat Stevens, que, sem me dar conta, faz parte da banda sonora da minha vida (a k7 original do meu pai a tocar no velhinho auto-rádio do 127...), e que durante muito tempo ouvi sem prestar a devida atenção.
Hoje, junto ao Atlântico, pedalámos e parecia que os acordes e os versos do Cat Stevens se reproduziam da cadência das nossas correntes que nunca se partiram, apesar da ferrugem dos nossos fieis corcéis...
Ao fim de três décadas consegui entender esta canção... com a diferença que eu não sou nenhum jovem russo a querer abandonar a quinta e aderir à revolução de Outubro.
Quem pode censurar as palavras de um pai, quando não são mal intencionadas?

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 They 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?)