Forgotten years lyrics

Artist  : Midnight oil 
Song : Forgotten years
 
Few of the sins of the father, are visited upon
the son
Hearts have been hard, our hands have been
clenched in a fist too long
Our sons will never be soldiers, our daughters
will never need guns
These are the yrs between
These are the yrs that were hard fought and won
Contracts torn at the edges, old signatures
stained with tears
Seasons of war and peace, these should not be
forgotten yaers
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of
politics
How many dreams remain? this is a feeling too
strong to contain

The hardest years, the darkest yrs, the roarin’
yrs, the fallen yrs
These should not be forgotten yrs
The hardest yrs, the wildest yrs, the desperate
and divided yrs
We will remember, these should not be forgotten
yrs

Our shoreline was never invaded, our country was
never in flames
This is the calm we breathe, this is a feeling
too strong to contain
Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of
politics
Signatures stained with tears, who can remember
We’ve got to remember

The hardest...
Forsaking aching breaking yrs, the time and
tested heartbreak yrs
These should not be forgotten yrs
The blinded yrs, the binded yrs, the desperate
and divided yrs
These should not be forgotten yrs, remember

(hirst/moginie)