[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
            
Few of the sin

              
s of the fathe

            
r       Are vi

sited upon the

 son
          
Hearts   have 

              
been hard     

              
  Hands have b

              
een clenched i

         
nto fists too 

long
            
Our sons need 

              
never be soldi

             
ers   Our daug

ters will neve

r need guns
            
These are the 

              
years between 

              
  These are th

              
e years that w

        
ere hard fough

t and won

(PLAY RIFF 1)

             
Contracts torn

              
 at the edges 

        
 Old signature

s stained with

 tears
           
Seasons of war

              
 and grace   T

              
he should not 

      
be forgotten y

ears    Still 

it

(PLAY RIFF 1)

            
aches like tet

          
anus   It reek

s of politics
             
How many dream

           
s remain     T

          
his is a feeli

             
ng too strong 

       
to contain

[Chorus]

(PLAY RIFF 2)

             
The hardest ye

           
ars, the darke

              
st years, the 

             
roarin' years,

             
 the fallen ye

       
ars
           
These should n

          
ot be forgotte

n years
             
The hardest ye

            
ars, the wilde

             
st years, the 

             
desperate and 

          
divided years
           
We will rememb

/                
er
         These should not be forgotten years

(PLAY RIFF A)

[Verse 2]
             
Our shore line

              
 was never inv

           
aded   Our cou

ntry was never

 in flames
           
This is the ca

              
lm we breathe,

              
 this is the f

              
eeling too str


ong to contain

  Still it

(PLAY RIFF 1)

            
Aches like tet

          
anus   It reek

s like politic

s
             
Signatures sta

              
ined with tear

 
s
          
Who can rememb

          
er  We've got 

     
to remember

[Chorus]

The hardest years, the darkest years...
Forsaking aching breaking years.
The time and tested heartbreak years.
These should not be forgotten years.

The blinded years, the binded years.
The desperate and divided years.
These should not be forgotten years
Remember

[Outro]