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
and believed in his
Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Stale to conversation
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
And this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense
Sing it loud, oh sing it clear,
as well as you hear.
It's too late, it's too late,
when we die,
we don't see eye to eye
So we open up the quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts
So don't yield to fortunes
You sometimes use fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up
and if you don't give in
You may just be okay
Say it, say it loud
Say it clear
As well as you hear
It's too late, when we die
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,
lady, that's him here
I'm sure I heard you say a call
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
As well as you hear.
It's too late, it's too late.
Oh, when we
We don't see eye to eye
Say it loud
Say it clear
You can be as good
as when I was you here