Hi! This is just something short I wrote on the spur of the moment. I heard the song Cat's in the Cradle, and just thought immediately about the Membranes. So, I decided to re-write the song, from Gaz's POV instead of the POV of Prof. Membrane, which would be expected. So! Here goes nothin'!

Disclaimer: Don't own the song, don't own the show. Nuff said.

Cat's in the Cradle

~*~

Well, I was born just the other day

I came to the world in the usual way

But there were planes to catch and cures to make

I learned to walk while Dad was away

I started talkin', he never knew it

As I grew I'd mock him

I said, "I'm gonna be just like you, Dad,

You know I'm gonna be like you.

. . . .

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon

Little girl blue and the man in the moon

"When you comin' home, dad?"

"I don't know when

But we'll get together then, Gaz,

You know we'll have a good time then."

. . . .

Well, I turned five just the other day

I said, "Thanks for the game, Dad,

Come on let's play

Can you teach me to win?"

He said, "Not today

I've got a lot to do."

So I walked away.

I was playin' my new GameSlave

In my rage I said,

"I'm gonna be just like you, Dad,

You know I'm gonna be like you."

. . . .

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon

Little girl blue and the man in the moon

"When you comin' home, Dad?"

"I don't know when

But we'll get together then, yeah,

You know we'll have a good time then."

. . . . . . . .

I came from college just the other day

So much like a woman Dad just had to say,

"Gaz I'm proud of you can you stay for awhile?"

I shook my head

Resisted the urge to frown

"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys

See you later, next year, maybe."

. . . .

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon

Little girl blue and the man in the moon

"When you coming home, Gaz?"

"I dunno when

But we'll get together then, Dad,

I guess we'll have a good time then."

. . . . . . .

Dad's long since retired

And I've moved away

He called me up just the other day

He said, "I'd like to see you, if you don't mind."

I said, "I guess so, Dad, if you can find the time.

Like you always say, 'All work and no play.'

The hell I should think it'll change today?"

And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me . . .

I'd grown up worse than him.

I was, now worse, than, him . . .

. . . .

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon

Little girl blue and the man in the moon

"When you comin' home, Gaz?"

"I don't know when

But we'll get together then, Dad,

You know we'll have a good time then."