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Were Sons Of Our Fathers - Lyrics by Phil Collins


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'It seems that family values have changed since I was a kid, at least I remember it that way...' 
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When I grow up to be a man
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like my father was when I was young
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I hope i can make him so proud of me
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Proud enough to call me his son
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What makes these people so different now
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what makes these times so strange?
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seems most people got most everything they need
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how come we see this change
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Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
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their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
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when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
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When I was a boy, did we have more respect?
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this world seemed a nicer place to be
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but time slowly passes and one day you look around
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you hardly recognise what you see
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Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
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their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
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now when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
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They're beyond our control
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We're all sons of our fathers
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sometimes I feel like mine
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and I can hear him say, the things I say
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seems all things come around in time
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Why these things happen we'll never know
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guess that was then and this is now
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we always knew that change was gonna come
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but I want to go back, please tell me how
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Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
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their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
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when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things