~ My Boy Is Just Like Me ~
The lyrics of the song "Cat's In The Cradle" were originally written as a poem by Sandy Chapin who is credited as the song's co-writer. The song is told in first-person by a father who is too busy to spend time with his son. Though the son asks him to join in childhood activities, the father always responds with little more than vague promises of spending time together in the future, peppered with images from nursery rhymes. While wishing to spend time with his father, the son continues to admire him. This shapes the son's future behavior, as shown in the slightly-altered line "But we'll get together then, Dad". The final verse is a reverse of the roles, where the father asks his now grown-up son to visit, but the son responds with his father's line. The father then reflects that they are both alike. This type of father-son relationship is not at all uncommon among our career military who are constantly relocating around the globe.
Uploaded on November 18, 2010