
Well the cost of living
Depends on what you're giving
In terms of emotional pain
And as time goes by
The price is getting higher…
But your chosen lover
Says her valuable compassion
Is unfortunately not for sale
That's the cost of living (the cost of living)
The cost of…
…living (that's the cost of living)
Oh it's the cost of living (the cost of living)
That's the cost of living (that's the cost of…

The cost of love can be a broken heart
The cost of love can rip your world apart
It can tear you up till you're down
Spit you out…
…bleed you dry
Yeah, the cost of love can have a painful price
The cost of love
But the cost of being alone is being lonely…
Getting over love from nobody
Living no life at all
And the cost of being alone is feeling empty
When you got no love, you got nothing…

…the storm
My life was just an old routine
Every day the same damn thing
I couldn't even tell I was alive
I tell you
The high cost of…
…livin'
Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high
That southern Baptist parking lot
Is where I'd go to smoke my pot
Sit…
…even tell I was alive
I tell you
The high cost of livin'
Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high
My whole life went through…

For the cost of sleep and what it cost to sleep
And should you ever doze, you doze cautiously
For the cost of…
…sleep and what it cost to sleep
The commas in the price tag, they talk to me
For the cost of sleep and what it cost to sleep
Should you ever doze…
…you doze cautiously
For the cost of sleep and what it cost to sleep
Long as you never know, you know all you need…
By Cosima De Vito (2004)
On album Cosima (2004)

The cost of love can be a broken heart
The cost of love can rip your world apart
It can tear you up till you're down
Spit you out…
…blood you dry
Yeah the cost of love can have a painful price
Chorus:
But the cost of being alone
Is being lonely
Getting over…
…love from nobody
Living no life at all
And the cost of being alone is being empty
When you got no love you got nothing
Better to pay the cost of love
The cost of…
By Cosima (2004)
On album Cosima (2004)

The cost of love can be a broken heart
The cost of love can rip your world apart
It can tear you up till you're down
Spit you out…
…blood you dry
Yeah the cost of love can have a painful price
[Chorus:]
But the cost of being alone
Is being lonely
Getting over…
…love from nobody
Living no life at all
And the cost of being alone is being empty
When you got no love you got nothing
Better to pay the cost of love
The cost of…

…[Chorus: Zi]
The cost of my ambition
The cost of my ambition
Everything I lost was the cost of my ambition
Hard work…
…and dedication's what I have
But it cost a lot to make it and they never tell you that
The cost of my ambition
The cost of my ambition
The cost of…
…my ambition
Everything I lost was the cost of my ambition
Hard work and dedication's what I have…

…it all and nothing less, I confess
It's just the cost of doing (business)
[Post-Chorus 1]
Hey, hey, the cost of doing business!
Hey, hey, the cost of…
…doing business!
Hey, hey, the cost of doing business!
[Verse 2]
You can preach the apocalypse, you're foaming…
…confess
It's just the cost of doing business
[Bridge]
I won't forget how my world burned and bled
Or the way that you chose…

…much
To make you reach for your heart
I gotta reach in my pocket
When all that I need is your touch
It's the high
The high cost of…
…lovin' you
It's the high
The high cost of lovin' you
High cost of lovin' you
I want a permanent place in somebody's life…
…to say
You've got nothing that I want to buy
It's the high
The high cost of lovin' you
The price is too high
The high cost of…

The rising cost of love
It's costing me, oh it's costing you
I said the rising cost of love
It's costing me, oh it's costing you…
…a frown in its place
The rising cost of love
It's costing me, oh it's costing you
I said the rising cost of love
It's costing me, babe it's…
…are now
To let it all slip away and not even know how
The rising cost of love
It's costing me, oh it's costing you
I said…
By Linda Ronstadt (1980)
On album Mad Love (1980)

…don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
You told me…
…to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
First it's promises…
…hold me tight
Do you think forevers only last all night
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me…

…on the dream
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
You told…
…don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
First it's…
…the fear that you would hold me tight
Do you think forevers only last all night?
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please…
By Linda Ronstadt (1980)
On album Mad Love (1980)

Are not the same thing
I think you're getting sick on the dream
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't…
…make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
You told me that we could make it right
Underneath the fear that you would hold…
…me tight
Do you think forevers only last all night
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me…

Are not the same thing
I think you're getting sick on the dream
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't…
…make me need you
Till you know the cost of love
You told me that we could make it right
Underneath the fear that you would hold…
…me tight
Do you think forevers only last all night
I don't want to see you
Till you know the cost of love
Please don't make me…

…you said your goodbyes to the innocence of youth
And opened up your heart to the cold, cold truth
That's just the cost of…
…be ready to bite the hand that feeds you
As you're choking on the words you swore you'd never say
That's just the cost of…
…to see how the rules have changed
To where you have to lose yourself if you want to play the game
That's just the cost of…