Father To Son Lyrics - Singles - The Alarm

(One, two, three, four) 

My father said "Son, now my life's work is done 

There's a future for you, there's a job to be done 

Stop fighting the system 'cause the system won't break 

Get your hair cut boy and learn from my mistakes" 

Now I said to my father "Father give me a break 

There's a million more chances that I'm bom to take 

I don't want to die like I saw you die 

In a dead end job in a dead end way" 

How many years must I waste in these black times 

How many years must I waste 

Today I can't find nothing nowhere 

Tomorrow I might find something somewhere 

Give me a future now 

I need it so badly now 

Oh For tomorrow 

"These are times of recession" father said unto me 

"Don't you leave now my son, you'll break our family" 

I said, "I've got ideas that I cannot deny 

If I stay I'll be killed by the dreams on my mind." 

How many years must I waste in these black times 

How many years must I waste 

Today I can't find nothing nowhere 

Tomorrow I might find something somewhere 

Give me a future now 

I need it so badly now 

Oh for tomorrow 

I see the signs of black times everywhere I run 

I can't can't escape them 

No matter how hard I try 

I see these signs of black time everywhere I run 

I can't stand another day 

I gotta move away 

I gotta move away 

Today I can't find nothing nowhere 

Tomorrow I might find something somewhere 

Give me a future now 

I need it so badly now 

Oh for tomorrow 

Oh for tomorrow