A

child

ar-

rived

just

the

o-

ther

day

He

came

to

the

world

in

the

u-

su-

al

way

But

there

were

planes

to

catch,

and

bills

to

pa-

y

He

lear-

ned

to

walk

while

I

was

a-

way

And

he

was

talkin'

'fore

I

knew

it

and

as

he

grew

He

said,

I'm

gon-

na

be

like

you,

Dad

You

know

I'm

gon-

na

be

like

you

And

the

cat's

in

the

crad-

le

and

the

sil-

ver

spoon

Lit-

tle

boy

blue

and

the

man

on

the

moon

When

you

co-

min'

home

Dad?

I

don't

know

when

but

we'll

get

to-

gether

then

You

know

we'll

have

a

good

time

then

My

son

turned

ten

just

the

o-

ther

day,

He

said

"Thanks

for

the

ball,

Dad,

come

on

let's

play

Can

you

teach

me

to

throw?",

I

said

"Not

to-

day,

I

got

a

lot

to

do",

he

said,

"That's

o-

kay"

And

he

wal-

ked

a-

wa-

y

but

his

smile

ne-

ver

dim-

med

He

said,

"I'm

gonna

be

like

him,

yeah

You

know

I'm

gonna

be

like

him"

And

the

cat's

in

the

crad-

le

and

the

sil-

ver

spoon

Lit-

tle

boy

blue

and

the

man

on

the

moon

When

you

co-

min'

home

Dad?

I

don't

know

when

but

we'll

get

to-

gether

then

You

know

we'll

have

a

good

time

then

He

came

from

col-

lege

just

the

o-

ther

day

So

much

like

a

man,

I

just

ha-

d

to

say

"Son

I'm

proud

of

you,

can

you

sit

for

a

while?"

He

shook

his

head,

and

said

with

a

smi-

le

"What

I'd

rea-

lly

like,

Dad,

is

to

bor-

row

the

car

keys

See

ya

la-

ter,

can

I

have

them

please?"

And

the

cat's

in

the

crad-

le

and

the

sil-

ver

spoon

Lit-

tle

boy

blue

and

the

man

on

the

moon

When

you

co-

min'

home

Dad?

I

don't

know

when

but

we'll

get

to-

gether

then

You

know

we'll

have

a

good

time

then

Now

I've

reti-

red,

my

son's

moved

a-

way

I

cal-

led

him

up

just

the

o-

ther

da-

y

I

said,

"I'd

like

to

see

you,

if

you

don't

mind"

He

said,

"I'd

lo-

ve

to,

Dad,

if

I

could

find

the

time

My

new

job's

a

has-

sle

and

the

kids

got

the

flu

But

it's

nice

talkin'

to

you

Dad,

it's

su-

re

nice

tal-

kin'

to

you"

As

I

hung

up

the

phone

it

oc-

curred

to

me

He'd

grown

up

just

like

m

-

e

My

boy

was

just

like

m-

e

And

the

cat's

in

the

crad-

le

and

the

sil-

ver

spoon

Lit-

tle

boy

blue

and

the

man

on

the

moon

When

you

co-

min'

home

Dad?

I

don't

know

when

but

we'll

get

to-

gether

then

You

know

we'll

have

a

good

time

then