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Every generation blames the one before |
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And all of their frustrations come beatin' at your door |
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I know that |
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I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear |
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I know that |
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I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears |
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I just wish |
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I could've told him in the living years |
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I wasn't there that morning when my father passed away |
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I didn't get to tell him all the things |
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I had to say |
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I think I caught his spirit later that same year |
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I'm sure I heard his echo in my baby's newborn tears |
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I just wish |
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I could've told him in the living years (Say it loud) |
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Say it loud (Say it clear) |
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Oh, say it clear (You can listen) as well as you hear (It's too late) |
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It's too late (When we die) |
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Oh, when we die (To admit) we don't see eye to eye |
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So don't yield to the fortunes you sometimes see as fate |
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It may have a new perspective on a different date |
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And if you don't give up, you don't give in |
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You may just be okay, yeah (Say it loud) |
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Say it, say it, say it loud (Say it clear) |
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Oh, say it clear (You can listen) as well as you hear (It's too late) ' |
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Cause it's too late, it's too late (When we die) |
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Oh, when we die (To admit) we don't see eye to eye |
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I wasn't there that morning |
