2006-08-19 17:34:24 · 16 answers · asked by Cartman 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
the main theme
2006-08-19 17:35:23 · update #1
A dad who was too busy working to spend time with is son. The son wanted to hang out but the dad couldn't. As the dad aged and slowed down, he wanted to spend time with his son but his son was busy with his own 'life'. Then when the son married and had his own son, he too was too busy to spend time with his son.
It's really a song about living in the moment and appreciating those people around you, especially your children because they grow up soooooo fast.
2006-08-19 17:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by rasta-girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the story of a father who is too busy with work and related obligations to have enough time to spend with his son, though in the chorus the son comments to his dad "I'm gonna be like you".
Later, after his son grows up and he now wants to spend time with him, the son now finds excuses to avoid spending time with his father.
Too late, the father discovers his son has grown up just to be like him.
Additional info...
The song was written by Harry Chapin's wife Sandy, a poet and writer, long before the birth of their son Joshua. When Sandy showed it to Harry, there was only casual interest.
After Joshua's birth, Harry realized just how much the song meant to him and, after retooling it some, eventually recorded it.
The song became the best known of Harry's work and a staple for folk rock music.
2006-08-20 00:40:48 · answer #2 · answered by mizfit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means , your most important commodity is time.What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul. how many fathers are not active with their kids.
They're too busy with their other life and when they retire , now they want to have a relationship with their kids who have grown up just like them, their kids are to busy. It's too late.The cat's in the cradle, too late to read nursery rhymes now, maybe for your grand kids?
2006-08-20 00:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cats in the cradle is a song about a father to busy to see his son grow up and in the end the son is to busy to see his father when he is old and gray and on his death bed
2006-08-20 00:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by fieldonthefield 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about a man who was busy the whole time his son was growing up, but in spite of that his son still wanted to be like him. Then, when the man grew old and wanted to spend time with his son, the son didn't have time for the dad -- he had grown up to be just like his dad.
2006-08-20 00:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by tsopolly 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The message was that the dad regretted not spending quality time with his son and the son grew up just like him.
2006-08-20 00:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by L3-knightw1zard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The grown son has learned his outlook on life from the role model his father provided.
2006-08-20 00:40:35 · answer #7 · answered by RG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is in the last stanza before the final refrain of the song... Just listen to the song...
2006-08-20 00:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are the greatest influence on your children. The singer never had time for his son while he was growing up. Later, when he was grown, he had no time for the father.
2006-08-20 00:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by scourgeoftheleft 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like everyone gave you the answer already........did you see Dilana perform it on Rockstar Supernova last week? She did an awesome job. Dave Navarro said if his father wasnt in the audience he would be an emotional wreck.
2006-08-20 02:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by patchoulii2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋