Bliss by Harry Bliss for April 13, 2024

Don’t worry, Kitty… you’ll have a good time then.

I loved this song when it first came out. Such a sad, but true song.

Never mind that, can I have the car keys please?

I used to see Chapin live about once a year. Then one day, Chapin was on the radio. I changed the station, and Chapin was on all of my favourite stations. It was a sad day. I was driving on the same road he died on , just a short time before.

I love Weird Al’s version, too, even tho I am a cat lover.

♪♫ “My boy was just like me, yeah, My boy was just like me…” ♫♪

His wife wrote it as a poem and he loved it so much he turned it into a song. It still hits you in gut when you hear it. At least it does me.

The cat looks shocked!

Always hated that song.

Yep the national anthem of irresponsible parents everywhere.

Nicely drawn.

Me, too! We were going to see him at Salisbury Park that night. (Eisenhower Park later). I grew up in East Meadow. He was in a fatal car crash on the Long Island Expressway. It was a very sad day indeed.

I loved the Cat Stevens version back in the ?‘60s or ’70s (can’t remember).

I loved this song when I was a kid and didn’t understand that it was about parental guilt of ignoring your children. Today I can’t listen to it. It causes me overwhelming grief and sadness. It makes me feel like I’m an even worse father than I really was when my kids were little.

Now I want to cry and kill my self.

Thanks a lot for this comic.

Tried to teach my son those lyrics bu he said he couldn’t make the time. :)

Kind of off topic. The song ♪Honey♪ by Bobby Goldsboro. I had to sing it to my mom and sister so they could hear the words.

I miss you, Jim Croce.

My mom had just come to visit. My husband called from work to tell me he had heard on the radio. Mom had to go home early for the family funeral. He lived just down the road and Mom and her husband were good friends. I babysat Josh and Jenny and taught Jase to swim. and in return Harry taught me Cat’s in the Cradle and Shooting Star. I couldn’t listen to his records for years. It hurt too much.

If you’re familiar with “Taxi,” you will probably like “Sequel.”

Harry Chapin. A great artist