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 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 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
So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It´s 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
It´s 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
It´s too late when we die
To admit we don´t see eye to eye