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Cats In The Cradle Lyrics

Artist: Ugly Kid Joe
Album: Cats In The Cradle

My child arrived just the other day;
Came to the world in the usually way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay.
He learned to walk while I was away.
He was talkin' 'fore I knew it.
And as he grew he said,
"I'm gonna be like you, Dad.
You know I'm gonna be like you."

Chorus :
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man on the moon.
"When you comin' home ?"
"Son, I don't know when.
We'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

Well, my son turned ten just the other day.
He said , "Thanks for the ball, Dad. Come on, let's play.
Could you teach me to throw ?" I said, "Not today.
I got a lot to do." He said, "That's okay."
And he walked away and he smiled and he said,
"You know,
I'm gonna be like him, yeah.
You know I'm gonna be like him."

Chorus

Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say,
"I'm proud of you. Could you sit for a while ?"
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See you later. Can I have them please ?"

Chorus :
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man on the moon.
"When you comin home, Son ?"
"I don't know when.
We'll get together then.
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'd like to see you, if you dont 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 talkin' to you, Dad.
It's been sure nice talkin' to you."

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Chorus

Comments/Interpretations
by amy on 5/20/2008 6:39am gr8 song just loved it
by mm :) on 5/25/2008 12:40pm me 2
by the6thelement on 5/26/2008 3:22pm this song was just on sirius hair nations top 100
by MACKENZI on 5/27/2008 11:21am I love the song
by Yolanda Santiago on 5/29/2008 1:36pm I was like the Dad in the song, I didnt have much time with my daughter. I was busy looking for money to provide her nice things that this world has. But I guess I am lucky because I made my realization before it is too late. I hope that a lot of people get to have a copy of the song so they too can have their own realization.
by emzzy on 5/30/2008 8:29pm how sad
by Sam on 5/31/2008 2:13am Such a depressing song...
by Jesus on 6/3/2008 7:44pm Common people why r u listening to this depressing shit listen to some Wu Tang Clan they are gods of music
by hehe, like i'm gonna tell you on 6/4/2008 3:46pm wow, i've known this song since it came out... I LOVE IT!!!!!!
by talyalover on 6/6/2008 10:34pm jesus knows jack shit
by on 6/17/2008 4:47am it's not "man on the moon" it's "man IN the moon" :)
by Dan on 6/21/2008 4:20am GREAT SONG !!!
by sweyn on 6/21/2008 6:38pm my dad and i
by Bonja-Moise on 6/25/2008 12:15pm Good history song...
by two-manny on 6/26/2008 2:32am you guys are so efing emo get over it Jesus! GROW SOME BALLS PUSSYS!!!!!!
by lassie on 6/27/2008 6:06am this song is fantastic any of you remember seeing them live!!!
by Hurty on 6/28/2008 5:13am It's one of my favorite songs!!!
by Nick83 on 6/28/2008 4:33pm My dad me my daughter wot else 2 say its 1 ov those songs that make u think aint it ppl Dont like it cos 1 ov most real song eva made
by luthher on 7/2/2008 9:48pm goood
by Merlin on 7/7/2008 2:29pm I plan on playing this at my dad's funeral. Thank god, I am there for my kids even if I loose my job.
by Yoda1 on 7/15/2008 5:58am EMO my arse, It is just a great fucking song....
by lazarez on 7/17/2008 10:42pm i just had a son. hope i wont be like tht.. n he wont be like that..
by Dimitar on 7/20/2008 2:08pm Everybody should listen to this song from time to time... Great!
by back coi on 8/5/2008 5:45am time or money? :)
by Icachowda on 8/6/2008 12:27am i love this song to no end. its great, and makes you really have some emotion towards the lyrics
by ben miles 6 is awesome on 8/8/2008 8:27pm i think its aawesome song and every father should listen to it
by kevin on 8/17/2008 10:13am Depressing, yes, because it's fucking true and it reminds us that we do this shit each and every day. I just listen to it over and over again coz I don't wanna do this to my kids.
by DarksAngel on 8/21/2008 3:43am I have herd this song so many times by each artist that has played it since I was a child.But this week when I was listing to it I realised not only was I like the father in this song I was also the child in the song at one time.. I also have a friend who just had a child he works 3 jobs to make ends meet I hope and pray that he does not become the father in this song.. the song is great the meaning behind the words are very sad but powerfull...
by jeramel on 8/25/2008 1:15am wow i like so much the song it felt of what i am since the start of what i'v observe the it is until now...its really amuse me..it inspire me so much...bravo/..
by James666 on 9/3/2008 4:40am the song has a hidden message the boy turned out just like his father an asshole and its man on the moon dummie ha ha
by gregor on 9/29/2008 3:23pm love this song, my Dad split when I was 16, Hes back in our state now 30 years later living at the V.A. His second family dumped him when he developed health problems. His original family My six brothers and sisters and My mother dont visit him. He is a lonely man!
by kaitlyn on 9/30/2008 12:51am i cant belive how insensitive some of you are. this is a piece of history. its a bloody awesome song and many ppl can relate to it. good on the orginal person for makin the song, every generation will kno it.
by Jack on 10/1/2008 5:48pm Great song, quite sad but very touching.
by Scott on 10/4/2008 9:00pm i didnt know my real father until i was 10 years old and to my suprise...he still does nothing with me...i am and will forever be the child in this situation...even my step-father spends no time with me...learning how to be a man by yourself is the hardest thing you can do and i have no choice...
by Ginge on 10/9/2008 12:55pm this song reminds me of my father he has no time for us i hope to god i dont turn out like my father or the father in the song even though im planning on acting i hope i will spend the most time with my kids tht i can possibly do
by chuy on 11/16/2008 5:12am I haven't seen my kids in 8 years because of situations that are out of my hand still i remember when my son would tell me that he wanted to be just like me and i always replied that he would have to be better than me, i only pray that he remembers those words
by mckayla on 11/22/2008 6:59pm i just love this song it is awesome i know how it feels to grow up and your dad is always bussy and they ask you to go away. But when you grow up they want to spend more time with you and you are bussy. I think people/ adults don't know that we kid grow up so fast And they think you were bron today or yesterday.
by denver on 11/23/2008 8:24am this song is awesome you guys know ow to make music. I JUST LOVE I mean L.O.V.E. IT SO MUCH.
by alissa on 11/24/2008 4:55pm I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I JUST LOVE THE SONG AND TOLD ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT IT AND THE LIKE IT TOO. YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!
by parlon on 11/24/2008 10:29pm good song thx.
by jennifer on 11/29/2008 6:45pm I JUST LOVE THIS SONG IT'S LIKE I'M IN A DIFFERNT WORLD OF MUSIC!!!!
by odz on 12/4/2008 8:44pm I’ve heard this song long time ago around 10 years ago perhaps, I was so young then I really enjoyed the music but didn't care 'bout the lyrics. Yesterday, I’ve got the chance to read every single word during videoke leisure. I really do stopped singing in the middle of the song and re-play it again so that I can read it solemnly, then suddenly I found myself hoping that it won’t happen to my son and his dad. (My husband works overseas).
by chamindri on 12/7/2008 10:14am I love this song, it has a nice meaning which is very true and it is very touching... makes me wanna listen again and again.. thankz for the lyrics :)
by lol:) on 12/15/2008 7:57pm I love your song im whis i could meet you meet you in person i would just scream. i made my friend cry and me and her just love all your songs
by lol:) on 12/16/2008 3:34pm Hi I Just Love Your Song It Is Very Tochng And You Rock So Much And My Mom's Friend Cry Cause Not Thats A Bad Song It's That It Happened To Her. Lol you rock awesomely awesome bro:)
by kimz on 12/22/2008 9:41pm this is so nice song and makes guilty...
by howard on 12/26/2008 5:29pm i am quite a tough guy but this song always makes me cry, I am not the son and aint the dad but for some reason this song smash my heart into pieces each time i am listening to it.
by Camilla on 1/2/2009 2:33pm Sad but great song!
by tkoomzaaskz on 1/3/2009 6:30pm your comments, people, are as much heartbreakin' as the lyrics... I have a lot in common with many of you, really.
by gourdie on 1/15/2009 3:27am i should keep this song...
by Muldaaaa on 1/25/2009 2:00pm I have this sone already for 10 years om my comp. Just now, I really wanted to read the lyrics (Im dutch), amd omg its so good. It really smashes me. Really really good!!
by boonk on 1/29/2009 12:30pm I heard this song when i was a young man, now iam older. Everytime i hear this song it reminds me of when I was a child and my father wasn't there for me, like his father wasn't there for him. I see my three children are in the cycle as i once was. Iam so trying to change because without yours kids, you have nothing to live for
by BENNA on 2/9/2009 1:31pm heartbreaking one ;-)
by Edsel on 2/18/2009 4:34am I like this, coz this like me and may father..
by Angel on 3/19/2009 3:12am Love it! The English verson is the best, but the Norwegain is okey.
by Rad on 3/26/2009 6:47am I have to admit that everybody shold listen this song from time to time
by conor ireland on 3/30/2009 3:31am that song is a legend. hard to get outta your head. goose pimples everytime.any1 who cant relate to that song, i say theres something wrong!!
by cara on 3/30/2009 1:34pm this song is great. it sure is an inspiration,and the lyrics should be listened too,cause how many kids and their parents are like this these days. A truly great song
by Donnie M on 4/21/2009 1:42am I've loved this song when it was a hit years ago and sing along while it's played on the radio but i never fully understood the meaning of it, i had a chance of reading it again on a videoke with my wife recently and touched by the song differently. I have a daughter now and i'm very grateful that i quit my former job where i would be away from my family for months, now i know i will never be that man in the song.
by KS on 5/5/2009 10:17pm I loved that song because it was about growing up and we are doing growing up stuff at school. The bit i didn't really like was when the father didn't have enough time for the son and the son didn't have enough time for the father.
by LS on 5/5/2009 10:26pm your song is great and a bit sad but that is how to get people to like it.The bit when his dad went to work and he doesen't have time for his son was sad and then his son came home and his son but he just wanted to go hang out with his friends from collage
by JP on 5/5/2009 10:32pm Hi I think I know what the meaning of the song is . Where at the start of the song the dad dosen't have time for his son.Then at the end of the song the son does not have time for the dad it was a really brillant song I really liked it
by M.H and T.H on 5/6/2009 4:33am i love your song but i didn't get it. now i do. my dad makes time to play with us when he can.
by mina on 5/15/2009 3:56pm i live in greece and our english teacher wanted us to hear that song so as to help us improve our english... mobody was hearing in the clasroom...neither do i...but when i got home i was curious so i gave it another listen...and i have to say that...it is one of the gratestas songs i have ever heard....just love it<3
by Trace on 6/1/2009 5:11pm Yolanda Sontiago, you're just like my Dad, for that you should be proud
by jade on 7/28/2009 9:27am hmmm.i love this song
by Vince on 8/10/2009 9:27pm Refreshing to hear a song with real lyrics. So much pointless songs in the days of the follow ups of Britney. Even if, by accident, they sing real lyrics, it sounds so fake coming from them that you don't hear the words anyway.... Oh well, I'm going out Cycling with my boys tomorrow!
by John on 11/13/2009 8:00am A song that in this current climate unfortunately is all too common. Many Dads focus on staying in work and putting food on the table, with precious little time for the kids.But if any song brings it all home, it`s this one. A pure classic!

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