"Cat's in the Cradle" records the life of a father with little time for his kids. It intersperses nursery rhymes to augment the feeling of detachment and passage of time. At the beginning, the man's son is born and he grows up over the course of four minutes. At the end of the song, the father proudly (and sadly) realizes his son grew up to be the same way as their roles reversed and the son had no time for him. Alienation serves as an undercurrent as the father doesn't have time for his family as modern life intervenes. The work also hammers home the idea that time is constantly moving and to treasure every moment because it might not come again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5r2spPJ8g
In 1992, Ugly Kid Joe covered "Cat's in the Cradle":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B32yjbCSVpU&ob=av3e
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