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<p>Thanks for stopping by tonight.</p><p><br></p><p>Cat Stevens released this song in 1970.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>In this anti-pollution song, Cat Stevens admits we've progressed a long way through technological advances, but in doing so, he protests that we have destroyed much of our environment by trucks "pumping petrol gas" and by building over and cementing our children's play areas in cities.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Stevens grew up in London, where open spaces for children to play were rare. As a schoolboy, his playground was in a basement with little exposure to the open air. When he read a story in&nbsp;<em>Time Out London</em>&nbsp;about how green spaces were vanishing in towns, it prompted him to write the song as a reminder that progress shouldn't come at the expense of nature.</li></ul><p><br></p>