{"id":3224,"date":"2021-12-31T14:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T12:29:11","slug":"cats-in-the-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2021\/12\/31\/cats-in-the-cradle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat&#8217;s In The Cradle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/B32yjbCSVpU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My child arrived just the other day<br \/>\nHe came to the world in the usual way<br \/>\nBut there were planes to catch, and bills to pay<br \/>\nHe learned to walk while I was away<br \/>\nAnd he was talking &#8216;fore I knew it, and as he grew<br \/>\nHe&#8217;d say &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be like you, dad&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;You know I&#8217;m gonna be like you&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the cat&#8217;s in the cradle and the silver spoon<br \/>\nLittle boy blue and the man in the moon<br \/>\n&#8220;When you coming home, dad?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know when&#8221;<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll get together then<br \/>\nYou know we&#8217;ll have a good time then<\/p>\n<p>My son turned ten just the other day<br \/>\nHe said, thanks for the ball, dad, come on let&#8217;s play<br \/>\nCan you teach me to throw, I said-a, not today<br \/>\nI got a lot to do, he said, that&#8217;s okay<br \/>\nAnd he, he walked away, but his smile never dimmed<br \/>\nIt said, I&#8217;m gonna be like him, yeah<br \/>\nYou know I&#8217;m gonna be like him<\/p>\n<p>And the cat&#8217;s in the cradle and the silver spoon<br \/>\nLittle boy blue and the man in the moon<br \/>\n&#8220;When you coming home, dad?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know when&#8221;<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll get together then<br \/>\nYou know we&#8217;ll have a good time then<\/p>\n<p>Well, he came from college just the other day<br \/>\nSo much like a man I just had to say<br \/>\nSon, I&#8217;m proud of you, can you sit for a while?<br \/>\nHe shook his head, and they said with a smile<br \/>\nWhat I&#8217;d really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys<br \/>\nSee you later, can I have them please?<\/p>\n<p>And the cat&#8217;s in the cradle and the silver spoon<br \/>\nLittle boy blue and the man in the moon<br \/>\n&#8220;When you coming home, son?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know when&#8221;<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll get together then, dad<br \/>\nYou know we&#8217;ll have a good time then<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve long since retired, my son&#8217;s moved away<br \/>\nI called him up just the other day<br \/>\nI said, I&#8217;d like to see you if you don&#8217;t mind<br \/>\nHe said, I&#8217;d love to, dad, if I can find the time<br \/>\nYou see, my new job&#8217;s a hassle, and the kids have the flu<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s sure nice talking to you, dad<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been sure nice talking to you<br \/>\nAnd as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me<br \/>\nHe&#8217;d grown up just like me<br \/>\nMy boy was just like me<\/p>\n<p>And the cat&#8217;s in the cradle and the silver spoon<br \/>\nLittle boy blue and the man in the moon<br \/>\n&#8220;When you coming home, son?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know when&#8221;<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll get together then, dad<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re gonna have a good time then<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat%27s_in_the_Cradle\">Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle<\/a>, written by Sandy Chapin and Harry Chapin<\/p>\n<p>* * * <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle&#8221; is a 1974 song by Harry Chapin from the album &#8220;Verities &#038; Balderdash.&#8221; The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin&#8217;s only number-one song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin&#8217;s recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. In 1992, the band Ugly Kid Joe covered the song and released it as a single; their version became a major hit in several countries, including Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics though&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/optimiced\/status\/1469754022773112840\">So good. So powerful.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talking &#8216;fore I knew it, and as he grew He&#8217;d say &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be like you, dad&#8221; &#8220;You&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3229,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}