These Years Lyrics - Ganggajang

(M.Callaghan /R.James) 

They say that pressure makes diamonds - 

you can have my mine 

You can push a cart load of rubble - 

all the way to the end of the line 

But there's no way you can trade 

all your precious stones 

You can't swap them for a life time of love - 

or the wonders you could have known 

It's easy to be confused with all that's going on 

These years are all we have 

You can't live in the future, you know, 

you can't live in the past 

No matter what you say, no matter what you do 

You can't change the ways of the world, 

The only thing to change is you 

Why worry about all the things you think you need 

Profits of the rich, the problems of the poor - 

All spring from the seeds of greed 

And come your winter time, 

your cold and shorter days 

You'll be warmed by the fires of love - 

it's the users who'll have to pay 

Sure the world is changing fast 

but don't be swept along 

These years are all we have 

You can't live in the future, you know, 

you can't live in the past 

No matter what you say, no matter what you do 

You can't change the ways of the world 

in a single day 

Hang on to all the things that last, 

Although they may be hard to see and hold 

They're worth more than you'll ever find 

in your endless quest for gold 

These years are all we have 

You can't live in the future, you know, 

you can't live in the past 

No matter what you say, 

no matter what you do 

You can't change 

the ways of the world, 

The only thing to change is you