HOW CAN
I TELL YOU
CAT
STEVENS
SONGWRITER:
YUSUF ISLAM(CAT STEVENS)
COUNTRY
: U. K.
ALBUM: TEASER
AND THE FIRECAT
LABEL: ISLAND
RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
ROCK
YEAR: 1971
Yusuf Islam(born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21
July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf/Cat
Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical
style consists of folk, pop,
rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music.
He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2014.
His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son"
both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the
Tillerman(1970) and Teaser and
the Firecat(1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four went to Nº1 on Billboard Pop Albums and spent weeks at the top of
several major charts. He earned ASCAP songwriting
awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut
Is the Deepest", which has been a hit for
four artists. His other hit songs include "Father and
Son", "Wild World",
"Moonshadow",
"Peace Train",
and "Morning Has Broken".
In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the
name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all of his guitars
for charity, and left his musical career to devote himself to educational and
philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.
He has since bought back at least one of these guitars as a result of the
efforts of his son Yoriyos. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy
regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie.
His current stance
is that he never supported the fatwa: "I was cleverly framed by certain
questions. I never supported the fatwa." He has received two
honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other
humanitarian awards.
In 2006, he returned to pop music by
releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. With
that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam" from
the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. In 2009,
he released the album Roadsinger and, in
2014, he released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. His second North American
tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12
September to 7 October 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple,
now using the stage name Yusuf/Cat Stevens, using the Cat Stevens name for the
first time in 39 years. In September 2020, he released Tea for the
Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his classic
album Tea for the Tillerman to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio
album by Cat Stevens,
released in October 1971. English keyboardist Rick Wakeman played
piano on "Morning Has Broken"
and English musician Linda Lewis also
contributed vocals on "How Can I Tell You".
At the Australian 1972 King of
Pop Awards the album won Biggest Selling L.P
How can I tell you
That I love you
I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
I long to tell you
That I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you
But my words just blow away
Just blow away
It always ends up to
one thing, honey
And I can't think of right words to say
Wherever I am girl
I'm always walking with you
I'm always walking with you
But I look and you're not there
Whoever I'm with
I'm always, always talking to you
I'm always talking to you
And I'm sad that you can't hear
Sad that you can't hear
It always ends up to
one thing, honey
When I look and you're not there
I need to know you
Need to feel my arms around you
Feel my arms around you
Like a sea around a shore
Each night and day I
pray
In hope that I might find you
In hope that I might find you
Because heart's can do no more
Can do no more
It always ends up to
one thing, honey
Still I kneel upon the floor
How can I tell you
That I love you
I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
I long to tell you
That I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you
It always ends up to
one thing, honey
And I can't think of right words to say.
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