Mike And The Mechanics - The Living Years lyrics

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Every generation

Blames the one before,

And all of their frustrations

Come beating on your door.

I 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 years!

Oh, oh, crumpled bits of paper

Filled with imperfect thoughts

Stilted conversations

I'm afraid that's all we've got.

You 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 defense.

Chorus:

Say it, say it, 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 eye.

So we open up a quarrel

Between the present and the past

We only sacrifice the future

It's the bitterness that lasts.

So don’t yield to the fortunes

You sometimes see as fate

It may have a new perspective

On a different date.

And if you don't give up, and don't give in

You may just be O.K.

Chorus:

Say it, say it, 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 eye.

I wasn't there that morning

When my father passed away

I didn't get to tell him

All the things I had to say

I 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 years.

Chorus:

Say it, say it, 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 eye.

So say it, say it, say it loud,

Say it loud!

Say it clear!

Come on, say it clear!

And don't know what you can do next