Title: Cat's in the Cradle
Composer: Harry and Sandy Chapin
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My child ar-rived just the oth-er day;
he came to the world in the u-su-al way.
But there were planes to catch_
and bills to pay._
He learned to walk while I was a-way.
And he was talk-in' 'fore I knew it.
And as he grew he'd say,
"I'm gon-na be like you, Dad.
You know I'm gon-na be like you."
And the cat's in the cra-dle and the sil-ver spoon,
lit-tle boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you com-in' home, Dad?"
"I don't know when, but
we'll get to-geth-er then, Son.
You know we'll have a good time then."
My son turned ten just the oth-er day.
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad.
Come on, let's play._
Can you teach me to throw?"
I said, "Not to-day._
I got a lot to do."
He said, "That's o-kay."
And he walked a-way, but his smile nev-er dimmed.
It said, "I'm gon-na be like him, yeah.
You know I'm gon-na be like him."
And the  cat's in the cra-dle and the silver spoon,_
lit-tle boy blue and the man in the moon._
"When you com-in' howm, Dad?"
"I don't know when, but
we'll get to-geth-er then, yeah.
You know we'll have a good time then."
Well, he came from col-lege just the oth-er day,
so much like a man I just had to say,
"Son, I'm proud of you.
Can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and said with a smile,
"What I'd real-ly like, Dad,
is to bor-row the car keys.
See you lat-er. Can I have them, please?"
And the cat's in the cra-dle and the sil-ver spoon,_
lit-tle boy blue and the man in the moon._
"When you com-in' home, Son?"
"I don't know when, but
we'll ge to-geth-er then, Dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."
I've long since re-tired,
my son's moved a-way.
I called him up just the oth-er day.
I said, I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
He said, "I'd love to, Dad,
if I can find the time._
You see, my new job's a has-sle and the kids have the flu,
but it's sure nice talk-in' to you, Dad.
It's been sure nice talk-in' to you."
And as I hung up the phone it oc-curred to me,
he'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.
And the cat's in the cra-dle and the sil-ver spoon,_
lit-tle boy blue and the man in the moon._
"When you com-in' home, Son?"
"I don't know when, but
we'll get to-geth-er then,
Dad, we're gon-na have a good time then."
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