Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The living years, artist - Russell Watson. Album song The Voice of Russell Watson - 20 Years, in the genre Современная классика
Date of issue: 23.10.2020
Record label: FP
Song language: English
The living years |
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 know that I’m 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 |
I’m afraid 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 defense |
Say it loud, say it clear |
You can listen as well as you hear |
It’s too late 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 different day |
And if you don’t give up, and don’t give in |
You may just be O. K |
Say it loud, say it clear |
You can listen as well as you hear |
It’s too late when we die |
To admit we don’t see eye to eye |
I wasn’t there that morning |
When my Father passed away |
I didn’t get to tell him |
All the things 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 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 |
It’s too late when we die |
To admit we don’t see eye to eye |