Forgotten Years Lyrics - Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil

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