Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

Song lyrics:

EVERY GENERATION
BLAMES THE ONE BEFORE
AND ALL OF THEIR
FRUSTRATIONS
COME BEATIN' 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

OH, 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
TALKIN' IN DEFENCE

SAY IT LOUD
WOAH, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR, YEAH
IT'S TOO LATE
WOAH, WHEN WE DIE
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 DATE

AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP
AND DON'T GIVE IN
YOU MAY JUST BE OKAY

SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
OH, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR

BECAUSE IT'S TOO LATE
IT'S TOO LATE
WOAH, WHEN WE DIE
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

SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
COME ON, SAY IT CLEAR
AS WELL AS YOU HEAR, YEAH
IT'S TOO LATE
IT'S TOO LATE WHEN WE DIE
WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE

HEY!
SO, SAY IT, SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD
SAY IT LOUD
COME ON, SAY IT CLEAR

DON'T GIVE UP
DON'T GIVE IN
AND DO NOT WAIT
'TIL IT'S TOO LATE

[williambragg]

I was doing fine until the verse that started "I wasn't there that morning when my Father passed away." Was so true. I had left the hospital for a few hours to clear my head and in that time he passed. Don't know if i will ever sing this at karaoke but what a beautiful song this is.

[jlionelgomez]

Brings a tear to my eyes remembering my dad who passed away when l was just ten.😢❤

[feegureeetout]

This song gets me bad. I've never karaoked it, and am afraid i might just start balling my eyes out. Dad died when I was four. Beautiful written song though. Paul Carrick is quite a singer.

[jlionelgomez]

I finally got to sing this in my first try..struggled a little at the end..so back to the Drawing Board to brush up !😂🤣😅😍🥰
..thanks such a meaningful song for those that couldnt see eye2eye with Daddy Desrest while he was around.

[BonkersHex]

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 Oh, 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 defence Say it loud (say it loud), say it clear (oh say it clear) You can listen as well as you hear It's too late (it's too late) when we die (oh 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 okay So say it loud, say it clear (oh say it clear) You can listen as well as you hear Because it's too late, it's too late (it's too late) When we die (oh, 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 (oh say it clear) You can listen as well as you hear It's too late (it's too late) when we die (it's too late when we die) To admit we don't see eye to eye So say it, say it, say it loud (say it loud) Say it clear (come on say it clear) Say it loud (Don't give up, don't give in and don't look away 'til it's too late) Say it clear Say it loud (say it loud, say it loud)

[neygomes]

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[disneydanny]

*MINOR* lyric correction. "On a different date" is *ACTUALLY* "On a different *DAY* " (because day rhymes with OK)