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This 1974 hit song was co-written by Harry Chapin and his wife Sandy. She referenced the bad relationship her former husband had with his own father; Harry referenced his relationship with his son Josh-- being a performer, Harry was frequently on the road and away from home, and had little time to be with Josh; he was afraid that like the dad in this song, he would one day find that his boy had grown up to repeat the same pattern of never being there for the people he claimed to love.

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