This song by Mike+The Mechanics is dedicated to those brothers and sisters who have found themselves on the business end of the shunning policy.
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The Living Years
Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of the frustrations
Come beating on your door.
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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.
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Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got.
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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 defense.
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Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye.
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So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts.
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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 OK
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Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
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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 newborn tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years
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It's too late when we die.
The Living Years-Dedication
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