Cat's in the Cradle

<i>Though Sandy wrote the words to this song,
I find it's one of the most revealing
of all of his songs.
It told about the thing they knew;
which was that the life of a troubadour,
the life on the road brought with it;
the reality of family separations.
And he had the guts to set it to music,
and to sing about his own sadness,
about those separations.
He was a real person, Harry was.</i>
My child arrived, just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way,
but there were planes to catch,
and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it and as he grew he said
I'm gonna be like you, dad
You know I'm gonna be like you.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know we'll have a good time then.
My child turned ten, the other day
He said thanks for the ball dad come on let's play,
can you teach me to throw I said,
not today I got a lot to do he said that's ok
He turned away, but his smile never dimmed
I'm gonna be like him, he said
I'm gonna be like him.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know we'll have a good time then.
He came from college, the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
I'm proud of you son, will you sit for awhile?
He shook his head and he said with smile,
what I'd really like to do is to borrow the car keys
See you later can I have them please?
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home I don't know when
We'll get together then, dad
You know we'll have a good time then.
Oooh oooh oooh oooh ooooooh
Well I've long since retired and my child moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said I'd like to see you if you don't mind,
he said I'd love to dad if I could, find the time
You see the new job's a hassle and the kids got the flu
<i>But it's so nice, talkin' to you dad.</i>
It's so nice talkin' to you.
And as I hung up the phone it occured to me
My boy is a lot like me
My child's a lot like me.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin' home I don't know when
We'll get together then, son
You know we'll have a good time then
We'll get together then, dad
You know we'll have a good time then.