Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years
[00:29.68] Every generation
[00:34.19] Blames the one before
[00:38.94] And all of their frustrations
[00:43.42] Come beating on your door
[00:48.66] I know that I'm a prisoner
[00:50.68] To all my Father held so dear
[00:53.42] I know that I'm a hostage
[00:56.19] To all his hopes and fears
[00:58.18] I just wish I could have told him in the living years
[01:07.93] Crumpled bits of paper
[01:12.67] Filled with imperfect thought
[01:17.91] Stilted conversations
[01:22.39] I'm afraid that's all we've got
[01:27.18] You say you just don't see it
[01:29.65] He says it's perfect sense
[01:32.19] You just can't get agreement
[01:35.16] In this present tense
[01:36.94] We all talk a different language
[01:40.15] Talking in defense
[01:47.42] Say it loud, say it clear
[01:55.92] You can listen as well as you hear
[02:05.69] It's too late when we die
[02:15.63] To admit we don't see eye to eye
[02:25.99] So we open up a quarrel
[02:30.70] Between the present and the past
[02:35.42] We only sacrifice the future
[02:40.44] It's the bitterness that lasts
[02:45.42] So don't yield to the fortunes
[02:48.19] You sometimes see as fate
[02:50.47] It may have a new perspective
[02:53.44] On a different date
[02:55.47] And if you don't give up, and don't give in
[02:59.16] You may just be O.K.
[03:04.17] Say it loud, say it clear
[03:14.19] You can listen as well as you hear
[03:23.98] It's too late when we die
[03:33.72] To admit we don't see eye to eye
[03:44.72] I wasn't there that morning
[03:49.68] When my Father passed away
[03:54.18] I didn't get to tell him
[03:59.17] All the things I had to say
[04:04.21] I think I caught his spirit
[04:06.44] Later that same year
[04:08.93] I'm sure I heard his echo
[04:11.44] In my baby's new born tears
[04:13.92] I just wish I could have told him in the living years
[04:21.43] Say it loud, say it clear
[04:32.47] You can listen as well as you hear
[04:41.67] It's too late when we die
[04:51.70] To admit we don't see eye to eye
