The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
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The Living Years Lyrics
Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your doorI know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living yearsOh, crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've gotYou say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defenceSay it loud (say it loud), say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late (it's too late) when we die (oh when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eyeSo we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lastsSo don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be okaySo say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
Because it's too late, it's too late (it's too late) when we die (oh when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eyeI wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to sayI think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living yearsSay it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late (it's too late) when we die (it's too late when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eyeSo say it, say it, say it loud (say it loud)
Say it clear (come on say it clear)
Songwriters
B.A. ROBERTSON, MIKE RUTHERFORD (GB)Published by
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