Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Russell Watson
Canonical path: /russell-watson-musicas/the-living-years
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Living Years
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The Living Years
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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
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Russell Watson performs "The Living Years", and this lyric page sits inside the Russell Watson catalog on LyroVerse.
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