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Track: The Living Years
Artist: Mike + The Mechanics
Album: Living Years

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Name: Mike + The Mechanics
Spotify Genres: soft rock
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[b]Note:[/b] The artist name is often displayed stylised as [i]M1ke + The Mechan1c5[/i] or similar. According to [g1.9.3] this should not be used as ANV. Formed : 1985 // United Kingdom Mike & The Mechanics started off as a side project for Mike Rutherford during a hiatus from Genesis. He started writing songs with Chris Neil and B.A. Robertson after writing and recording two solo albums on his own. The first Mike + The Mechanics album released in 1985 yielded three hits with "Silent Running", "All I Need Is A Miracle" and "Taken In." From there, the Mechanics have released eight albums, including Living Years. That album's title track hit #1 in the U.S. [b]BAND LINEUP:[/b] Mike Rutherford : Guitar, bass (1985-Present) Paul Carrack : Vocals, keyboards, guitar, drums (1985-2005) Paul Young : Vocals, percussion (1985-2000) Peter Van Hooke : Drums (1985-1995) Adrian Lee : Keyboards (1985-1995) Gary Wallis : Drums (1995-Present) Andrew Roachford (2009 - Present) Tim Howar (2009 - Present)

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Release: Mike + The Mechanics* - The Living Years
Year: 1988
Genres: Rock
Styles: Pop Rock

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LYRICS

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