[00:30.00]Every generation
[00:34.75]Blames the one before
[00:39.50]And all of their frustrations
[00:44.18]Come beating on your door
[00:49.31]I know that I'm a prisoner
[00:51.31]To all my Father held so dear
[00:54.12]I know that I'm a hostage
[00:56.56]To all his hopes and fears
[00:58.75]I just wish I could have told him in the living years
[01:09.18]Crumpled bits of paper
[01:13.99]Filled with imperfect thought
[01:19.24]Stilted conversations
[01:23.31]I'm afraid that's all we've got
[01:28.37]You say you just don't see it
[01:30.81]He says it's perfect sense
[01:33.37]You just can't get agreement
[01:35.93]In this present tense
[01:37.93]We all talk a different language
[01:40.93]Talking in defence
[01:47.11]
[01:49.39]Say it loud  say it clear
[01:57.76]You can listen as well as you hear
[02:06.76]It's too late when we die
[02:16.51]To admit we don't see eye to eye
[02:27.02]So we open up a quarrel
[02:31.83]Between the present and the past
[02:36.33]We only sacrifice the future
[02:41.64]It's the bitterness that lasts
[02:46.97]So Don't yield to the fortunes
[02:49.41]You sometimes see as fate
[02:51.53]It may have a new perspective
[02:54.41]On a different day
[02:56.66]And if you don't give up  and don't give in
[02:59.41]You may just be OK
[03:04.10]Say it loud  say it clear
[03:15.41]You can listen as well as you hear
[03:25.47]It's too late when we die
[03:34.97]To admit we don't see eye to eye
[03:46.10]I wasn't there that morning
[03:49.48]When my Father passed away
[03:55.60]I didn't get to tell him
[03:59.72]All the things I had to say
[04:05.41]I think I caught his spirit
[04:07.85]Later that same year
[04:10.04]I'm sure I heard his echo
[04:12.41]In my baby's new born tears
[04:14.72]I just wish I could have told him in the living years
[04:23.29]
[04:24.42]Say it loud  say it clear
[04:33.92]You can listen as well as you hear
[04:43.36]It's too late when we die
[04:53.43]To admit we don't see eye to eye