Back before i was born

[MarkyP05]

there was this song released ages ago, and when i say ages i mean i havent a clue when it was released but remember hearing it about 12 years ago, it was about a bloke who sung about his childhood, where his dad never had time for him and was always saying that he'll be with him another day, by the end of the song the little boy is a dad himself and realises he's doing the same thing his dad did to him, anyone recognise the song?

[haysi06]

ehm I have a song in my head now - by mike and the mechanics I think - cant remember the name, something years?

[haysi06]

The living years!

[ermintrude35]

..the living years..mike and the mechanics????...

[mushroom25]

the song is Cat's In The Cradle. Written & originally performed by Harry Chapin in the 1970's, it was covered rather more successfully by Ugly Kid Joe in 1993

[littleoldme]

Yep, Cats In The Cradle.

The Living Years, strangely, is almost the opposite - about someone wishing he'd made more time for his dad when he was alive.