Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival Album: Mardi Gras Song: Someday Never Comes Year: 1975 Top Chart Position: #25

First thing I remember was asking papa, why, For there were many things I didn't know. And daddy always smiled and took me by the hand, Saying, someday you'll understand. Chorus: Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son, That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young, 'Cause someday never comes. Well, time and tears went by and I collected dust. For there were many things I didn't know. When daddy went away, he said, try to be a man, And someday you'll understand. Chorus And then one day in April, I wasn't even there, For there were many things I didn't know. A son was born to me. Mama held his hand, Sayin' someday you'll understand. Chorus Think it was September, the year I went away, For there were many things I didn't know. And still I see him standing tryin' to be a man, I said, someday you'll understand. Chorus

This song, like "Cat's in the Cradle" talks about the cycle of parents not having enough time for their children. Except this tune takes it one step further in the fact that it ends with the son whose father left him, realizes that his father left, but cannot keep himself from doing the same thing. It is a sad world indeed when technology accelerates our lives to the point where we cannot help but put the most important things on the back-burner to instead work on the minor, trivial efforts such as an overtaxing job, attending classes, walking downtown, exercising, or even building a web site for a class.