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IX. IF
I HAD TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
Children enter our home and make so much
noise for twenty years we can hardly stand it -–
then depart, leaving the house so silent, we
think we will go mad. Harry Chapin recorded
"CA TS IN THE CRADLE"
in 1969. His wife
wrote these haunting lyrics (she knew of that
which she wrote).
A
child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, bills to
pay,
He learned to walk while I was away,
And he was ta/kin' before 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 cats in the cradle and
the silver spoon,
Little Boy Blue and the man and the
moon.
When you comin' home dad.
.
.I don't
know when
but we'll get together then son,
you know we'll have
a
good time then.
My son tumed 10 just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come
on let's play,
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