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	Current version of Mike + The Mechanics Lyrics The Living Years (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mike-the-mechanics/living-years/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 2 of Mike + The Mechanics Lyrics The Living Years (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/m/mike-the-mechanics/living-years/v...) Version 2 of the lyrics
	Every generation						Every generation
1	Blames the one before						blames the one before	1
	And all of their frustrations						And all of their frustrations
	Come beating on your door						Come beating on your door
1								1
	I know that I'm a prisoner						I know that I'm a prisoner
	To all my father held so dear						To all my father held so dear
	I know that I'm a hostage						I know that I'm a hostage
	To all his hopes and fears						To all his hopes and fears
2	I just wish I could have told him in the living years						I just wish I could have told him	2
3							In the living years	3
4	Crumpled           bits of paper						More crumpled bits of paper	4
	Filled with imperfect thought						Filled with imperfect thought
	Stilted conversations						Stilted conversations
	I'm afraid that's all we've got						I'm afraid that's all we've got
2								2
	You say you just don't see it						You say you just don't see it
	He says it's perfect sense						He says it's perfect sense
5	You just can't get agreement in this present tense						You just can't get agreement	5
6	We all talk a different language, talking in defense						In this present tense	6
7							We all talk a different language	7
8	Say it loud, say it clear						Talking in defence	8
1							CHORUS	1
2							Say it loud	2
3							Say it clear	3
	You can listen as well as you hear						You can listen as well as you hear
	It's too late when we die						It's too late when we die
	To admit we don't see eye to eye						To admit we don't see eye to eye
3								3
	So we open up a quarrel						So we open up a quarrel
	Between the present and the past						Between the present and the past
	We only sacrifice the future						We only sacrifice the future
	It's the bitterness that lasts						It's the bitterness that lasts
4								4
	So don't yield to the fortunes						So don't yield to the fortunes
	You sometimes see as fate						You sometimes see as fate
9	It may have a new perspective on a different day						It may have a new perspective	9
10	And if you don't give up, and don't give in, you may just be okay						On a different day	10
11							And if you don't give up	11
12	Say it loud, say it clear						And don't give in	12
13	You can listen as well as you hear						You may just be O.K.	13
14	It's too late when we die						CHORUS	14
5	To admit we don't see eye to eye							5
6								6
	I wasn't there that morning						I wasn't there that morning
15	When my Father passed away						When my father passed away	15
	I didn't get to tell him						I didn't get to tell him
	All the things I had to say						All the things I had to say
7								7
	I think I caught his spirit						I think I caught his spirit
	Later that same year						Later that same year
	I'm sure I heard his echo						I'm sure I heard his echo
	In my baby's new born tears						In my baby's new born tears
16	I just wish I could have told him in the living years						I just wish I could have told him	16
17							In the living years	17
18	Say it loud, say it clear						CHORUS	18
19	You can listen as well as you hear						=========================	19
20	It's too late when we die						=========================	20
	To admit we don't see eye to eye						==================
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