Cat Stevens Cats And The Cradle Lyrics

Cats And The Cradle Lyrics

A child arrived just the other day
Came to the world in the usual way
But
there were planed to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was
away
He was talking before I knew It
And as he grew
He said, "Im
gonna be like you, Dad you know Im gonna be like
you"

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And the cats in the cradle and the silver
spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
When you comin home son I
dont know when, 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 lets play
can you teach me to throw?"
I said
"Not today, Ive got alot to do"
He said "Thats okay"

He walked away and he smiled and he said
"you know Im gonna be like
you, dad
you know Im gonna be like you......"

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He
came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to
say
"Son Im proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook
his head, and he said with a smile
"What Im feeling like dad, is to
borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them
please?"

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Ive long since retired, my son has moved
away
I called him up just the other day
I said "Id like to see you
if you dont mind"
He said "Id love to dad If I could find the
time.
You see my new jobs a hassle, and the kids have the flu.
But Its
sure nice talking to you, dad, Its been sure nice talking to
you........"
And as he hung up the phone It had occured to me
He'd
grown up just like me, my boy, was just like me..............

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