The Price
John Taylor
I was a back-street man just lookin' for somethin' to save me.
You were a high-bred one with gettin' dirty on your mind.
What we made wasn't love, just defiance of the aching
If I'd have left right then, I'd be more ahead than behind.
My momma warned me you'd be nothing better than trouble
But all I saw was the passion in your eyes.
It takes more than eager bodies to make a union work out right
And what I hunger for these days, I just can't buy.
She told me so - My momma warned me to be faithful
But you were there and warm and tender,
Helped me make it through the night.
My momma said - that you were nothin' more than trouble
She said to hold out for that one love that's just right.
Now I know - I should've listened to her advise
Cause the comfort that you gave me
Just wasn't worth the price.
When I was just a boy, I'd spend days out in the forest
Loved the land, and freedom of the skies.
Somehow in growin' up I lost track of all that beauty
Somehow in growin' up the best of me had died.
When I became a man, I moved into the city
Even though the smoke there choked me, and the concrete masked the skies.
I learned to live by my wits there in the big city
And by somethin' less than thievin', - somethin' more 'n' worse than lies.
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These days all I see are these four walls around me
Like any prison cell, and I'll be here til I die.
Dunno if my crime was givin' love too freely,
Or not knowing there was someone else in your life.
If I'd have known, I swear I never would have touched you
If I'd have thought to get protection, things'd be just fine.
But no one said disease could be so sweet and tender,
And I'd forgotten: These days lovin' can take your life.
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If I'd have known, I swear I never would have touched you
If I'd have thought to get protection, if I'd have heeded her advise,
But no one said disease could be so sweet and tender,
And I'd forgotten: These days lovin' can take your life.
All that lovin' you... just wasn't worth The Price.
© 1995 John A. Yezeguielian - All Rights Reserved