[Verse 1]
You make up your mind, you choose the chance you take
You're riding 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 heads held high, they reached out for the open sky
And with their one last breath they knew 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

[Chorus]
Oh the price you pay, oh the price you pay
You can't walk away from the price you pay

[Verse 3]
Now they've come so far and they've waited so long
Just to end up caught in a dream where everything goes wrong
Where the dark of the night holds back the light of the day
And you got to stand and fight for the price you pay

[Chorus]
Oh the price you pay, oh the price you pay
You can't walk away from the price you pay
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[Verse 4]
Little girl down on the strand with that pretty little baby in her 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 stays to face the price you pay

[Verse 5]
So let the games start, you better run your 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

[Chorus]
Oh the price you pay, oh the price you pay
Now you can't walk away from the price you pay

[Chorus]
Oh the price you pay, oh the price you pay
You can't walk away from the price you pay