Paying the Price - Lori McKenna

One thing I’ve never learned is how to give up

So it’s my destiny to bear this fate

They say that I’m still young but I’d better hurry up

And they’re talking 'bout change

And it’s a little too late

I’m really not just jumping to conclusions

It’s all a matter of fact clear of illusions

You’ll never love me the way I love you

So I’m paying the price

All my life

Just when I think I’m moving along

You come back singing a different song

A song of love, a song of sweet regret

Full of promises which are never met

And I’m paying the price

All my life

I know I’ll love you still when I have grown old

Though you’ll have taken all of my good years

And you’ll have taken every chance away from me

My master for life

All my life

Just when I think you’ll let me be

I’ll awake knowing you’ve been haunting me

All day long I’ll hear you singing in my head

The voice I love, the voice I dread

And I’m paying the price

All my life

Just when I think I’m finally free

I hear a voice gently calling me

Saying I’m just a little melody

What could be the harm in writing me?

And I’m paying the price

All my life

And I’m paying the price

All my life

Paying the price

All my life

Paying the price