About this video

Filmed on location in Verdun Military Cemetery (France). The singer, 1m92 tall Peter Garrett, is now australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts.

Lyrics :

Few 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 years between
These are the years that were
hard fought and won
Contracts torn at the edges,
old signatures stained with tears
Seasons of war and peace,
these should not be forgotten years
Still it aches like tetanus,
it reeks of politics
How many dreams remain?
This is a feeling too strong to contain

The hardest years, the darkest years,
the roarin' years, the fallen years
These should not be forgotten yrs
The hardest yrs, the wildest yrs, the desperate and divided yrs
We will remember, these should not be forgotten yrs

Our shoreline was never invaded,
our country was never in flames
This is the calm we breathe, this is a feeling too strong to contain
Still it aches like tetanus,
it reeks of politics
Signatures stained with tears,
who can remember
We've got to remember

The hardest...
Forsaking aching breaking yrs, the time and tested heartbreak yrs
These should not be forgotten yrs
The blinded yrs, the binded yrs,
the desperate and divided yrs
These should not be forgotten yrs,
remember

(Hirst/Moginie)