The Living Years by Mike And The Mechanics

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 (1)________ that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I (2)________ (3)________ I (4)__________ (5)________ told him in the (6)____________ years
Oh, crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm (7)____________ 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 defence
Say it loud (say it loud), say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can listen as (8)________ as you hear
It's too (9)________ (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 (10)__________________ day
And if you don't give up, and don't (11)________ in
You may just be okay
So say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear)
You can (12)____________ 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 there (13)________ morning
When my Father (14)____________ away
I didn't get to (15)________ him
All the (16)____________ I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later (17)________ (18)________ year
I'm (19)________ I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
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 (it's too late when we die)
To admit we don't see eye to eye
So say it, say it, say it (20)________ (say it loud)
Say it clear (come on say it clear)
Say it loud
(Don't give up, don't (21)________ in and don't look away 'til it's too late)
Say it clear
Say it loud (say it loud, say it loud)

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