The Living Years

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Mike + the Mechanics

Mike and the Mechanics (stylised as Mike + The Mechanics) are an English rock supergroup formed in Dover in 1985 by Mike Rutherford, initially as a side project during a hiatus period for his other group Genesis. The band are known for the hit singles "Silent Running", "All I Need Is a Miracle", "Taken In", "The Living Years", "Word of Mouth", and "Over My Shoulder". Initially, the band included Rutherford (the only constant member), vocalists Paul Carrack and Paul Young, keyboardist Adrian Lee, and drummer Peter Van Hooke. After a decade together, Lee and Van Hooke dropped out in 1995 and were not replaced. Following Young's death in 2000, Carrack became the band's sole lead vocalist until 2004 when the band (essentially a duo at this point) dissolved, with … more »

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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 O.K.
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

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