The Living Years-James Last & His Orchestra

[00:01.00]Chris de Burgh - The Living Years [00:03.00] [00:05.00] [00:07.00] [00:29.30]Every generation, blames the one before [00:37.48]And all of their frustrations, come beating on your door [00:47.20]I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear [00:53.66]I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears [00:58.21]I just wish I could have told him in the living years [01:05.09] [01:07.57]Crumpled bits of paper [01:12.41]Filled with imperfect thoughts [01:16.49]Stilted conversations, I'm afraid that's all we've got [01:26.59]You say you just don't see it, he says its perfect sense [01:32.71]You just can't get agreement, in this present tense [01:37.30]We all talk a different language, talking in defense [01:44.71] [01:46.21]So say it loud [01:51.32]Say it clear [01:55.34]You can listen as well as you hear [02:04.71]It's too late (it's too late) [02:11.13]When we die (when we die) [02:15.88]To admit we don't see eye to eye [02:24.70] [02:26.60]So we open up the quarrel [02:30.92]Between the present and the past [02:34.64]We only sacrifice the future [02:39.77]It's the bitterness that lasts [02:45.12]So don't yield to the fortunes [02:49.00]You sometimes see as fate [02:51.00]It may have a new perspective on a different day [02:55.85]And if you don't give up, and don't give in, you may just be OK [03:03.54] [03:04.20]So say it say it say it loud [03:09.78]Say it clear [03:14.63]You can listen as well as you hear [03:23.74]Cos it's too late (it's too late) [03:29.36]When we die (when we die) [03:34.31]To admit we don't see eye to eye [03:43.59] [03:45.13]I wasn't there that morning [03:48.07]When my father passed away [03:53.62]I didn't get to tell him, all the things I had to say [04:04.06]I think I caught his spirit, later that same year [04:09.61]I’m sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears [04:14.32]I just, wish I could have told him in the living years [04:21.29] [04:22.22]So say it say it say it loud [04:28.34]Say it clear [04:32.95]You can listen as well as you hear [04:41.59]Cos it's too late (it's too late) [04:47.55]When we die (when we die) [04:52.36]To admit we don't see eye to eye [05:01.31] [05:02.34]Yes it's too late (it's too late) [05:07.29]When we die (when we die) [05:12.15]To admit we don't see eye to eye [05:21.82] [05:22.62]Every generation… [05:26.32] [05:29.58] [05:36.21]