Newsboys - The Living Years

Chorus / Description : 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

The Living Years Lyrics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that Iâ??m a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that Iâ??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 thoughts
Stilted conversations
Iâ??m afraid thatâ??s all weâ??ve got

You say you just donâ??t see it
He says itâ??s perfect sense
You just canâ??t get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talkinâ?? in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Itâ??s too late when we die
To admit we donâ??t see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
Itâ??s the bitterness that lasts

So Donâ??t yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you donâ??t give up, and donâ??t give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Itâ??s too late when we die
To admit we donâ??t see eye to eye

I wasnâ??t there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didnâ??t get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
Iâ??m sure I heard his echo
In my babyâ??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
Itâ??s too late when we die
To admit we donâ??t see eye to eye

Say it loud, say it clear
Say it loud
Donâ??t give up
Donâ??t give in
And donâ??t know what you can do next

The Living Years Video

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