The Living Years Lyrics

Every generation
Blames the one before
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

No chrome or mess of paper
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Stilted conversations
I′m afraid that's all we've got
Oh, you say you just don′t see it
He says perfect sense
We just can′t get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense

Oh, say it loud
You can say it clear
Oh, as well as you hear
You know

Oh, it's too late
It′s too late when we die
To admit we all see eye to eye

So we open up our quarrel

Between the present and the past

We only sacrifice the future

It's the villainous at last
So don′t yield to the fortune
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 okay

So say it, say it, say it loud
Oh, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
You know it's too late, yeah

Oh, it's too late when we die
To admit we all see eye to eye

It wasn′t late that morning
When my father passed away
Didn′t get to tell him
All the things I had to say
Think I called his spirit
Later that same year
Sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years

Say it loud
Say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It′s too late when we die
To admit we all see eye to eye

Say it loud

Say it loud
Say it clear

Say it loud
Say it clear

Say it loud
Say it loud
Say it clear
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say it clear
Say it loud
Say it loud
Say it clear
Say it loud