Mike & the Mechanics - The living years

^GEvery generation ^CBlames the one before And ^Gall of their frustrations Come ^Cbeating on your door ^FI know that I'm a prisoner To all my Father held so dear ^AmI know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and fears ^DI just wish I could have told him in the living ^Gyears

^GCrumpled bits of paper ^CFilled with imperfect thought ^GStilted conversations I'm ^Cafraid that's all we've got ^FYou say you just don't see it He says it's perfect sense ^AmYou just can't get agreement In this present tense ^DWe all talk a different language Talking in ^Gdefence

Say it ^Gloud, say it ^Cclear You can l^Amisten as w^Dell as you h^Gear It's too l^Gate when we d^Cie To ad^Ammit we don't ^Dsee eye to ^Geye

So we ^Gopen up a quarrel Between the ^Cpresent and the past We only ^Gsacrifice the future It's the ^Cbitterness that lasts F (F) So Don't yield to the fortunes You sometimes see as fate It ^Ammay have a new perspective On a different day ^DAnd if you don't give up, and don't give in You may just be ^GOK.

Say it ^Gloud, say it ^Cclear You can l^Amisten as w^Dell as you h^Gear It's too l^Gate when we d^Cie To ad^Ammit we don't ^Dsee eye to ^Geye

I wasn't t^Ghere that morning When my ^CFather passed away I ^Gdidn't get to tell him All the ^Cthings I had to say F (F) I think I caught his spirit Later that same year Am (Am) I'm sure I heard his echo In my baby's new born tears ^DI just wish I could have told him in the living ^Gyears

Say it ^Gloud, say it ^Cclear You can l^Amisten as w^Dell as you h^Gear It's too l^Gate when we d^Cie To ad^Ammit we don't ^Dsee eye to ^Geye