Forgotten Years

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[Verse 1]

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Few of the sins of the father are visited upon the son,
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Hearts have been hard, hands have been clenched into fists too long.
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Our sons need never be soldiers, our daughters will never need guns,
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These are the years between, these are the years that were hard fought and won.
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Now, contracts torn at the edges, old signatures stained with tears,
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Seasons of war and grace, these should not be forgotten years.
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Still it aches like tetanus, it reeks of politics,
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How many dreams remain, this is a feeling too strong to contain.


[Chorus]

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The hardest years, the darkest years,
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the roaring years, the fallen years.
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              These should not be forgotten years.
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The hardest years, the wildest years,
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the desperate and divided years
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       We will remember
                 (These should not be forgotten years).

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[Verse 2]

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


[Chorus]

     D                   Bm
The hardest years, the darkest years,
     G                  A
the roaring years, the fallen years.
D    Bm        A
               These should not be forgotten years.
     D                  Bm
The hardest years, the wildest years,
     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years
Em   Bm          A
       We will remember
                 (These should not be forgotten years).


[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]

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I said it's The hardest years, the darkest years,
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the roaring years, the fallen years.
D    Bm        A
               These should not be forgotten years.
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The hardest years, the wildest years,
     G             F#m
the desperate and divided years
Em   Bm          A
       We will remember
                (These should not be forgotten years).
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Forsaken, aching, breaking years,
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the time and tested heartbreak years.
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        Who needs your ma to sing to you now.
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The blinded years, the binded years,
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the desperate and divided years
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     These should not be forgotten years.
                            (These should not be forgotten years).


[Outro]

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Remember!    Oh     We will try...