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 Crumbled bits of paper Filled with imperfect thought Stilted conversations Well, 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 defense Come on, say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late, it's too late when we die To admit that we don't see eye to eye So we open up a quarrel Between the present and the past We only sacrifice the future 'Cause 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 you don't give in You just might be okay Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late, oh, it's much 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 And I didn't get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year And I'm sure I heard his echo In my newborn baby's tears I just wish I could have told him In the living years So, come on, say it Say it loud, say it clear You can listen just as well as you hear And it's much too late when we die To admit we don't see eye to eye Oh, say it loud, come on, say it clear You know that you can listen Just as well as you hear And it's much too late Well, it's way too late It's late, late when we die To admit we don't see We don't see eye to eye...
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