You make up your mind you choose the chance you take,
You ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks,
Out on to an open road you ride until the day,
You learn to sleep at night with the price you pay,
(verse 2)
Now with their hands held high,
They reached out for the open skies,
And then with their last breath they built the roads,
They would ride to their deaths,
Driving on through the night, unable to break away,
From the restless pull of the price you pay,
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay
(verse 3)
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay,
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay,
(bridge)
Little girl down on the strand,
With that pretty little baby in your hands,
Do you remember the story of the promised land,
How he crossed the desert sands,
And could not enter the chosen land,
On the banks of the river he stayed,
To face the price you pay,
(verse 4)
So let the games start, you better run you little wild heart
You can run through all the nights and all the days
But just across the county line,
A stranger passing through put up a sign
That counts so many fallen away to the price you pay,
(ending chorus)
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay
Oh, the price you pay, oh, the price you pay
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay