The Living Years (2014 Remaster)

Every generationBlames the one beforeAnd all of their frustrationsCome beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dearI know that I'm a hostage, all his hopes and fearsI just wish I could have told him in the living years

Oh, crumpled bits of paperFilled with imperfect thoughtStilled conversationsI'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see itHe says it's perfect senseYou just can't get agreementIn this present tenseWe all talk a different languageTalking in defense

(Say it loud) 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), oh, when we die(To admit) we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrelBetween the present and the pastWe only sacrifice the futureIt's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunesYou sometimes see as fateIt may have a new perspectiveOn a different dateAnd if you don't give up, and don't give inYou may just be okay

Say it, say it, say it loud (say it clear), oh, say it clear(You can listen) as well as you hearBecause 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 that morningWhen my father passed awayI didn't get to tell himAll the things I had to say

I think I caught his spiritLater that same yearI'm sure I heard his echoIn my baby's newborn tearsI just wish I could have told him in the living years

So, say it, say it, say it loud (say it clear), come on, 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 dieTo admit we don't see eye to eye, ay(Say it loud) say it loud (say it clear), come on, say it clear(Say it loud) don't give up, don't give in (say it clear), and don't know what to listen to nowCome on, say (say it loud) say it loud, say it loud, (say it clear)