it definitely does not mean “son” but “sun”. just take a look at the cover of the album, drawn by cat stevens himself: you see a heavy, red-bearded, tired man drinking tea and behind him a (judging by colour and size) setting sun.
(as well as some children playing in a tree. and a mysterious shadowy figure in the background which seems to be calling lightning from the sky…?)
“Wine for the women who made the rain come”
rain being tears, this could mean he brings out a toast to all the women he once knew, who made him sad, probably by leaving him. but there is no bitterness in this song, everything seems fine (it’s a “happy day”), so perhaps they are even there with him (choir!) and they have long since forgiven each other.
@ fish_monster:
it’s the last track of the album, so it may well be meant to round off the listening experience. musically it comes with a last big climax, followed by some seconds of piano epilogue, depicting a brilliant sunset after a long and glorious day full of thinking (“where do the children play”, “but I might die tonight”), loving and worrying (“sad lisa”, “wild world”), searching for enlightenment (“miles from nowhere”). then the sun sets, the day is over, the music is over, time to go to bed and rest, for the next day awaits.
it definitely does not mean “son” but “sun”. just take a look at the cover of the album, drawn by cat stevens himself: you see a heavy, red-bearded, tired man drinking tea and behind him a (judging by colour and size) setting sun. (as well as some children playing in a tree. and a mysterious shadowy figure in the background which seems to be calling lightning from the sky…?)
“Wine for the women who made the rain come” rain being tears, this could mean he brings out a toast to all the women he once knew, who made him sad, probably by leaving him. but there is no bitterness in this song, everything seems fine (it’s a “happy day”), so perhaps they are even there with him (choir!) and they have long since forgiven each other.
@ fish_monster: it’s the last track of the album, so it may well be meant to round off the listening experience. musically it comes with a last big climax, followed by some seconds of piano epilogue, depicting a brilliant sunset after a long and glorious day full of thinking (“where do the children play”, “but I might die tonight”), loving and worrying (“sad lisa”, “wild world”), searching for enlightenment (“miles from nowhere”). then the sun sets, the day is over, the music is over, time to go to bed and rest, for the next day awaits.