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The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
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也是献给去世父亲的歌 
 
 
 
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics  
 
Every generation 
Blames the one before 
And all of their frustrations 
Come beating on your door 
 
I know that Im a prisoner 
To all my father held so dear 
I know that Im a hostage 
To all his hopes and fears 
I just wish I could have told him in the living years 
 
Crumpled bits of paper 
Filled with imperfect thought 
Stilted conversations 
Im afraid thats all weve got 
 
You say you just dont see it 
He says its perfect sense 
You just cant get agreement 
In this present tense 
We all talk a different language 
Talking in defence 
 
Say it loud, say it clear 
You can listen as well as you hear 
Its too late when we die 
To admit we dont see eye to eye 
 
So we open up a quarrel 
Between the present and the past 
We only sacrifice the future 
Its the bitterness that lasts 
 
So dont yield to the fortunes 
You sometimes see as fate 
It may have a new perspective 
On a different day 
And if you dont give up, and dont give in 
You may just be o.k. 
 
Say it loud, say it clear 
You can listen as well as you hear 
Its too late when we die 
To admit we dont see eye to eye 
 
I wasnt there that morning 
When my father passed away 
I didnt get to tell him 
All the things I had to say 
 
I think I caught his spirit 
Later that same year 
Im sure I heard his echo 
In my babys new born 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 
Its too late when we die 
To admit we dont see eye to eye |   
 
 
 
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