[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 t

o pay
             
He learned to 

             
walk while I w

         
as away

he was talking

 'fore I knew 

it and as he g

rew he said :
             
"I'm gonna be 

     
like you dad 
             
you know I'm g

              
onna be just l

    
ike you"

[Chorus]
             
And the cats i

              
n the cradle a

       
nd the silver 

spoon
             
little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
when you commi

              
n' home dad, "


I don't know w

hen
             
but we'll have

              
 a good time t


hen
             
you know we'll

              
 have a good t

    
ime then

[Verse]
             
My son turned 

         
ten just the o

ther day
             
he said "thank

              
s for the ball

     
 dad c'mon let

s play
             
could u teach 

              
me to throw?" 

        
I said "not to

day  
             
I got a lot to

             
 do" he said t

hat's okay"
             
and he walked 

              
away but his s

              
mile never did

 
 he said
              
"I'm gonna be 


like him,yeah
             
you know I'm g

              
onna be like h


im"

[Chorus]
             
and the cats i

              
n the cradle a

       
nd the silver 

spoon
             
little boy blu

           
e and the man 

in the moon
             
when you commi

              
n' home dad, "


I don't know w

hen
             
we'll get toge

      
ther then
             
you know we'll

              
 have a good t

    
ime then.

[Verse]
             
well he came f

            
rom college ju

st the other d

ay
             
so much as a m

          
an I just had 

to say
             
"son, I'm prou

              
d of you can y

   
ou sit for a w

hile?"
             
he shook his h

           
ead and he sai

d with a smile

 
     
"what I'd real

ly like dad is

 to borrow the

 car keys 
             
see you later 

       
can I have the

m please?"

[Chorus]
             
and the cats i

              
n the cradle a

       
nd the silver 

spoon
             
little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
when you commi

              
n' home son, "


I dont know wh

en
             
we'll get toge

      
ther then dad
             
you know we'll

              
 have a good t

    
ime then.

[Verse]
             
now I've retir

          
ed my son move

d away 
             
I called him u

           
p just the oth

er day
             
I said "son I'

              
d like to see 

    
you if you don

't mind
             
he said "I lov

            
e to dad If I 

could find the

 time

my new jobs a 

hassle and my 

kid's got the 

flu
             
but it's nice 

           
talkin' to you

 dad 
             
it's sure nice

      
 talkin' to yo

u"

[Bridge]
       
and as I hung 

up the phone i

t occurred to 

me
             
he'd grown up 

          
just like me 
             
my boy was jus

       
t like me

[Chorus]
             
and cats in th

              
e cradle and t

   
he silver spoo

n
             
little boy blu

          
e and the man 

in the moon
             
when you commi

              
n' home son, "


I don't know w

hen
             
we'll get toge

     
ther then dad
             
we're gonna ha

              
ve a good time

 
 then.