The Living Years by Mike And The Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of (1)__________ frustrations
Come beating on (2)________ door
I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father (3)________ so dear
I (4)________ that I'm a hostage
To all his (5)__________ and fears
I just wish I (6)__________ have told him in the living years
Oh, crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got
You say you just don't see it
He says it's (7)______________ sense
You (8)________ can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a (9)__________________ language
Talking in defence
Say it loud (say it loud), say it (10)__________ (oh say it clear)
You can (11)____________ 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 (12)________ (13)__________________ the future
It's the (14)____________________ that lasts
So don't yield to the fortunes
You (15)__________________ see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't (16)________ up, and don't give in
You may just be okay
So say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can (17)____________ 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 eye
I wasn't (18)__________ that morning
When my Father (19)____________ away
I didn't get to tell him
All the (20)____________ 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 (21)________ tears
I (22)________ wish I could (23)________ told him in the living years
Say it loud, say it (24)__________ (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 (25)________ 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)
Say it loud
(Don't give up, don't (26)________ in and don't look away 'til it's too late)
Say it clear
Say it (27)________ (say it loud, say it loud)

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