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Cats In The Cradle Lyrics

Artist: Jim Croce
Album: 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

Comments/Interpretations

by Nick on 7/13/2009 12:28am
Cat's in the Cradle is by Harry Chapin not Jim Croce.

by phillip on 2/18/2010 9:33pm
Thank God someone corrected that,
Harry Chapin Late and Great like Croce penned this wonderfully insightful song

by M on 5/4/2010 5:14am
"The lyrics to the verses of the song were originally written as a poem by Chapin's wife, Sandy Chapin, who is credited as the song's co-writer."

by Me on 2/13/2013 6:15pm
Harry was inspired by croce...

by Steve on 5/3/2014 2:58am
as the biggest Harry Chain fan EVER i was amazed to see the impression given that Jim Croce wrote this song. He did not. i bought every one of Harys albums as they came out and nowhere that i can see is there any reference to Jim Croche as there i to say Gordon Lightfoot who was an inspiration to Harry

by Mitchell day on 8/22/2017 5:33am
It's just ignorance. While I understand there may be confusion, Harry Chapin is probably best know for his food bank, this is NO reason Jim Croce should be associated with this song all over the web and radio. I heard a DJ reference Croce's song "Cat's in the Cradle" the other day. He should be fired! The earth is round, Harry Chapin performed and cowrote this song. Stop talking about history is you don't know it!