Oh Very Young
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| “Buddha and the Chocolate Box” | ||
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| Album by Cat Stevens | ||
| Released | April 1974 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 32:16 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Producer | Paul Samwell-Smith, Cat Stevens | |
Buddha and the Chocolate Box is a 1974 album by Cat Stevens.
[edit] Track listing
- "Music" – 4:21
- "Oh Very Young" – 2:36
- "Sun/C79" – 4:35
- "Ghost Town" – 3:10
- "Jesus" – 2:14
- "Ready" – 3:18
- "King of Trees" – 5:07
- "A Bad Penny" – 3:21
- "Home in the Sky" – 3:38
"Oh Very Young" is a song by Cat Stevens. It was released on his 1974 album Buddha and the Chocolate Box. The song reached number 10 in the U.S. charts. It's lyric is a gentle responce to Don Mclean`s hit American Pie released two years previously . Like Mclean he stop's short of mentioning Buddy Holly directly , but questions the ill-fated songwriters "Not Fade Away" (the last song Holly performed ) lyric " a love to last more than one day , a lover`s love , not fade away " with his own " denim blue , fading up to the sky , and though you want him to last forever you know he never will , and the patches make the goodbye harder still " . Stevens then namechecks the young Americans mould-breaking work "Words Of Love" in the line " will you carry the words of love with you , will you ride the great white bird into heaven , and though you want to last forever you know never will , and the goodbye makes the journey harder still " . Buddha and the Chocolate Box also contains the song "Ghost Town" in which he mentions several deceased stars , including soul singer Otis Reading who also perished in a plane crash .
