Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics

[ti:Living Years] [ar:Mike & The Mechanics] [al:The Living Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.61]Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics [00:01.88]Written by：B.A. Robert [00:02.50] [00:29.62]Every generation [00:32.55] [00:34.47]Blames the one before [00:37.69] [00:39.17]And all of their frustrations [00:42.87] [00:43.81]Come beating on your door [00:47.19] [00:49.15]I know that I'm a prisoner [00:50.88]To all my father held so dear [00:53.96]I know that I'm a hostage [00:56.36]To all his hopes and fears [00:58.46]I just wish I could have told him [01:01.64]In the living years [01:05.76] [01:08.89]Crumpled bits of paper [01:11.19] [01:13.20]Filled with imperfect thought [01:16.67] [01:18.49]Stilted conversations [01:21.82] [01:22.97]I'm afraid that's all we've got [01:26.73] [01:28.31]You say you just don't see it [01:30.77]He says it's perfect sense [01:33.10]You just can't get agreement [01:35.56]In this present tense [01:37.70]We all talk a different language [01:40.70]Talking in defence [01:45.31] [01:46.74]Say it loud [01:51.61]Say it clear [01:56.61]You can listen as well as you hear [02:06.30]It's too late [02:11.35]When we die [02:16.24]To admit we don't see eye to eye [02:25.84] [02:26.44]So we open up a quarrel [02:29.78] [02:31.43]Between the present and the past [02:34.51] [02:36.14]We only sacrifice the future [02:39.62] [02:41.33]It's the bitterness that lasts [02:45.04] [02:46.59]So don't yield to the fortunes [02:49.12]You sometimes see as fate [02:51.19]It may have a new perspective [02:53.83] [02:54.35]On a different day [02:56.29]And if you don't give up [02:57.87]And don't give in [02:58.98]You may just be ok [03:03.28] [03:04.62]Say it say to say it loud [03:10.15]Say it clear [03:14.97]You can listen as well as you hear [03:23.26] [03:24.89]It's too late [03:29.74]When we die [03:34.62]To admit we don't see eye to eye [03:43.82] [03:45.50]I wasn't there that morning [03:48.79] [03:49.95]When my father passed away [03:53.34] [03:55.44]I didn't get to tell him [03:58.15] [04:00.00]All the things I had to say [04:03.56] [04:05.14]I think I caught his spirit [04:07.19] [04:07.75]Later that same year [04:10.02]I'm sure I heard his echo [04:12.19]In my baby's new born tears [04:14.69]I just wish I could have told him [04:17.63]In the living years [04:21.78] [04:23.04]Say it say to say it loud [04:27.99] [04:28.55]Say it clear [04:32.40] [04:33.53]You can listen as well as you hear [04:42.37] [04:43.25]It's too late [04:48.18]When we die [04:52.62] [04:53.13]To admit we don't see eye to eye [05:02.34] [05:02.89]Say it loud [05:07.15] [05:07.84]Say it clear [05:11.56] [05:12.73]Say it loud [05:16.87] [05:17.61]Say it clear