The Living Years lyrics….thinking of my father

I was away and living in another part of the country when my father passed away suddenly and this song never fails to tear me up.  I bought the tape a few days ago.  (See my earlier post about how I stumbled upon Paul Garrack and Mike and the Mechanics on HD Net the other day and where that took me.)  It was not a bad relationship, it was just not a family where we said “I love you” too often, especially when I was younger.  That changed when I had my own children, and the song refers to how that changes our perspective on everything.  I wish I had said more to my father though before it was too late. And perhaps, he to me.  My advice: don’t wait if you feel it.

The Living Years, by Mike and the Mechanics

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
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 its perfect sense
You just cant get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late 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
Its 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 ok
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late 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
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late when we die
To admit we don’t see eye to eye

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Molly Hatchet out for ‘Justice’

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Classic sounds of California car culture coming to DTE

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Squeeze revisits the hits

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