Ricky Skaggs Songs - Cat's in the Cradle, I Don't Care, Country Boy, Crying My Heart Out Over You, Don't Cheat in Our Hometown, Uncle Pen (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Cat's in the Cradle, I Don't Care, Country Boy, Crying My Heart Out Over You, Don't Cheat in Our Hometown, Uncle Pen, Highway 40 Blues, I Wouldn't Change You if I Could, Honey, Heartbroke, Lovin' Only Me, Cajun Moon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Cat's in the Cradle" is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only #1 hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. The lyrics to the verses of the song were originally written as a poem by Chapin's wife, Sandy Chapin, who is credited as the song's co-writer. The poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between Sandy Chapin's first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, a New York City politician. She was also inspired by a country music song she'd heard on the radio. The song is often mistaken to have been sung by Cat Stevens The song is told in first-person by a father who is too busy to spend time with his son. Though the son repeatedly 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 the son longs to spend time with his father, he continues to admire his father. This shapes the son's future behavior, as shown in the slightly-altered line "But we'll get together then dad." The Ugly Kid Joe cover version does not make this lyrical change but rather alters the grammatical structure of the chorus from "When you coming home?" / "Son, I don't know when ..." to the final "When you coming home, son?" / "I don't know when ..." The final verse is a reverse of ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1573829