Forgotten Years Lyrics
by Midnight OilFew 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 t
About this song
"Forgotten Years" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in 1990 as the second single from their album Blue Sky Mining.
It peaked at No.
26 on the Australian Singles Chart, No.
1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and No.
11 on the Billboard Album Rock Chart.
The song was inspired by drummer Rob Hirst's grandfather and father's experience of war and how they said it was up to future generations to avoid wars in the future and not to forget how horrible wars are.
The music video was filmed in Douaumont Ossuary, France.
- Antartica
- Arctic world
- Armistice day
- Back on the borderline
- Bakerman
- Barest degree
- Basement flat
- Bedlam bridge
- Beds are burning
- Beds are burning - remastered
- Bells and horns in the back of beyond
- Best of both worlds
- Blosson and blood
- Blot
- Blue sky mine
- Brave faces
- Bring on the change
- Bullroarer
- Burnie
- Bushfire
- Cemetery in my mind
- Cold cold change
- Comfortable place on the couch
- Common ground
- Concrete
- Don't wanna be the one
- Dreamworld
- Drop in the ocean
- Drums of heaven
- Dust
- E-beat
- Earth and sun and moon
- Feeding frenzy
- Forgotten years
- Gravelrash
- Gunbarrel highway
- Harrisburg
- Head over heels
- Helps me helps you
- Hercules
Albums
Rising Seas
Midnight Oil
The Makarrata Project
Midnight Oil
Armistice Day: Live At The Domain, Sydney
Midnight Oil
Breathe Tour '97
Midnight Oil
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