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[ar:Mike & The Mechanics]
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[00:00.00]The Living Years (有生之年) - Mike & The Mechanics
[00:14.81]Written by：B.A. Robert
[00:29.62]Every generation
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[00:34.47]Blames the one before
[00:37.69]
[00:39.17]And all of their frustrations
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[00:43.81]Come beating on your door
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[00:49.15]I know that I'm a prisoner
[00:50.88]To all my father held so dear
[00:53.96]I know that I'm a hostage
[00:56.36]To all his hopes and fears
[00:58.46]I just wish I could have told him
[01:01.64]In the living years
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[01:08.89]Crumpled bits of paper
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[01:13.20]Filled with imperfect thought
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[01:18.49]Stilted conversations
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[01:22.97]I'm afraid that's all we've got
[01:26.73]
[01:28.31]You say you just don't see it
[01:30.77]He says it's perfect sense
[01:33.10]You just can't get agreement
[01:35.56]In this present tense
[01:37.70]We all talk a different language
[01:40.70]Talking in defence
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[01:46.74]Say it loud
[01:51.61]Say it clear
[01:56.61]You can listen as well as you hear
[02:06.30]It's too late
[02:11.35]When we die
[02:16.24]To admit we don't see eye to eye
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[02:26.44]So we open up a quarrel
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[02:31.43]Between the present and the past
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[02:36.14]We only sacrifice the future
[02:39.62]
[02:41.33]It's the bitterness that lasts
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[02:46.59]So don't yield to the fortunes
[02:49.12]You sometimes see as fate
[02:51.19]It may have a new perspective
[02:53.83]
[02:54.35]On a different day
[02:56.29]And if you don't give up
[02:57.87]And don't give in
[02:58.98]You may just be ok
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[03:04.62]Say it say to say it loud
[03:10.15]Say it clear
[03:14.97]You can listen as well as you hear
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[03:24.89]It's too late
[03:29.74]When we die
[03:34.62]To admit we don't see eye to eye
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[03:45.50]I wasn't there that morning
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[03:49.95]When my father passed away
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[03:55.44]I didn't get to tell him
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[04:00.00]All the things I had to say
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[04:05.14]I think I caught his spirit
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[04:07.75]Later that same year
[04:10.02]I'm sure I heard his echo
[04:12.19]In my baby's new born tears
[04:14.69]I just wish I could have told him
[04:17.63]In the living years
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[04:23.04]Say it say to say it loud
[04:27.99]
[04:28.55]Say it clear
[04:32.40]
[04:33.53]You can listen as well as you hear
[04:42.37]
[04:43.25]It's too late
[04:48.18]When we die
[04:52.62]
[04:53.13]To admit we don't see eye to eye
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[05:02.89]Say it loud
[05:07.15]
[05:07.84]Say it clear
[05:11.56]
[05:12.73]Say it loud
[05:16.87]
[05:17.61]Say it clear