Song originally by Harry Chapin - http://www.chapinmusic.com/lyrics/text/cats_in_the_cradle.html

[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
A child arrive

            
d just the oth

er day
             
He came to the

              
 world in the 

    
usual way
              
But there were

              
 planes to cat

        
ch, and bills 

to pay
             
He learned to 

             
walk while I w

         
as away

            
And he was tal

kin' 'fore I k

new it and as 

he grew
             
He'd say, I'm 

              
gonna be like 

 
you, Dad
             
You know I'm g

             
onna be like y

ou

[Chorus]
             
And the cat's 

              
in the cradle 

         
and the silver

 spoon
             
Little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
When you comin

              
' home Dad?
             
I don't know w

              
hen but we'll 

              
get together t

   
hen
             
You know we'll

              
 have a good t

     
ime then

[Verse]
             
My son turned 

              
ten just the o


ther day, he s

aid
             
Thanks for the

              
 ball, Dad, co

   
me on let's pl

ay
                                   
Can you teach me to throw?”, I said
             
"Not today,   

             
    I got a lo

              
t to do", he s

       
aid, "That's o

kay"

[Chorus]
             
He walked away

              
 but his smile

               
 never dimmed
             
He said, I'm g

             
onna be like h

im, yeah
             
You know I'm g

             
onna be like h

im

[Chorus]
             
And the cat's 

              
in the cradle 

         
and the silver

 spoon
             
Little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
When you comin

              
' home Dad?
             
I don't know w

              
hen but we'll 

              
get together t

  
hen
             
You know we'll

              
 have a good t

     
ime then

[Verse]
             
Well, he came 

              
from college j

         
ust the other 

day
             
So much like a

              
 man, I just h


ad to say
              
"Son I'm proud

              
 of you, can y

   
ou sit for a w

hile?"
             
He shook his h

             
ead, and he sa

id with a smil

e
             
"What I'd real

 
ly like, Dad, 

is to borrow t

he car keys
             
   See ya late

          
r, can I have 

them please?"

[Chorus]
             
And the cat's 

              
in the cradle 

         
and the silver

 spoon
             
Little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
When you comin

              
' home Son?
             
I don't know w

              
hen but we'll 

              
get together t

  
hen, Dad.
             
You know we'll

              
 have a good t

     
ime then

[Intro]
(done two times)

[Verse]
             
I've long sinc

              
e retired, my 

 
son's moved aw

ay
             
I called him u

            
p just the oth

er day
              
I said, I'd li

              
ke to see you,

    
 if you don't 

mind
              
He said, I'd l

             
ove to, Dad, i

           
f I could find

 the time
             
You see my new

              
 job's a hassl

             
e and the kids

 have the flu
             
But it's sure 

              
nice talkin' t

             
o you Dad, it'

             
s sure nice ta

          
lkin' to you"
      
As I hung up t

he phone it oc

curred to me
             
He'd grown up 

          
just like me
             
My boy was jus

       
t like me

[Chorus]
             
And the cat's 

              
in the cradle 

         
and the silver

 spoon
             
Little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
When you comin

              
' home Son?
             
I don't know w

              
hen but we'll 

              
get together t


hen, Dad.
             
We're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

  
 then

[Intro]
(but just once through]