Uh,uh,uh.uuhh,uuhh,uuuhhh,uuuuhhhh.
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
Oh,crumpled bits of paper (Uuhh,uuuhhh,uuuuhhhh)
Filled with imperfect thought (Uh,uh,uuuuhhhh)
Stilted conversations (uh,uh,uh,uuuhhh)
I'm afraid that's all we've got (Uh,uh,uuuuhhhh)
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 defence
Say it loud (Say it loud)
Say it clear (Ooh say it clear)
You can listen (as well as you hear)
It's too late (It's too late)
When we die (Ooh,oh when we die)
To admit (we don't see eye..) eye (to eye)
So we open up a quarrel (open up a quarrel)
Between the present and the past (presente and the past)
We only sacrifice the future
(Ooh,oh) It's the bitterness that lasts
So don't yield to the fortunes (Uuhh, uuuhhh, uuuuhhhh)
You sometimes see as fate (Uuhh, uuuhhh, uuuuhhhh)
It may have a new perspective (Uuhh, uuuhhh, uuuuhhhh)
On a different date
(Uuhh, uuuhhh, uuuuhhhh) And if you don't give up,
And don't give in
You may just be ok
(Say it,say it loud) say it loud (Yeah)
Say it clear (Ooh say it clear,say it clear)
You can listen as well as you hear (As well as you hear,yeah,yeah,yeah!)
It's too late
When we die (When we die)
To admit we don't (Oooh,yeah)
See eye to eye (yeah,yeah)
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 (eh,yeah)
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, say it, say it loud) Say it loud (Say it loud)
Say it clear ooh say it clear (Say it, say it, say it)
(You can listen as well as you hear) (Hey, you gotta real life it's too late)
It's too late (It's just too late)
When we die (It's just too late when we die) (oh,When we die)
To admit (we don't see eye to eye)
Say it loud (Come on say it,say it,say it,say it loud)
Say it clear (say it clear,say it clear)
Say it loud (Say it, say it, say it)
Say it loud (C'mon say it, say it, say it, say it)
Say it clear (say it)
