Cats In The Cradle lyrics

Artist  : Jim Croce 
Song : Cats In The Cradle
 


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 talking
'fore I knew it and as he grew
He'd say 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
on the moon
When you coming home dad, I don't
know when,
But we'll get together then
You
know we'll have a good time then

My son
turned ten just 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
And he, He walked
away, but his smile never did, and said
I'm
gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be
like him

And the cat's in the cradle and
the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man
on the moon
When you coming home dad, I don't
know when,
But we'll get together then
You
know we'll have a good time then

Well, he
came from college just the other 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 he said with a smile
What I'm
feeling like, dad, is to borrow the car
keys
See ya later, can I have them,
please

And the cat's in the cradle and the
silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on
the moon
When you coming home son, I don't
know when,
But we'll get together then,
dad
You know we'll have a good time
then

I've long since retired, my son's
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 my new job's a hassle, and
the kids have the flu
But it's sure nice
talking to you dad
It's been sure nice talking
to you

And as I hung up the phone, it
occured to me
He'd grown up just like me
My
boy was just like me

And the cat's in the
cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue
and the man on the moon
When you coming home
son, I don't know when,
But we'll get together
then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then