Love

Lyrics

LOVE I CAN’T AFFORD Country ballad — slow tempo, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, and gritty vocals [Verse 1] They say love don’t cost a thing So why’s it got me broke again? I gave you every piece of me Still couldn’t buy a place within I spent my nights just trying to prove There wasn’t nothin’ I wouldn’t do But every time I thought we’d made it through I lost a little more of me to you [Pre-Chorus] I ain’t got diamonds, I ain’t got gold Just these two hands and a heart gone cold I gave you everything I had to give But I’m still payin’ for the way we lived [Chorus] They say love don’t cost a thing Why’s it feel so expensive Like I’m drowning in the bills Of a heart that’s barely livin’? I gave you all my time All my pride, all my best years Now I’m standing here broke down With a pocket full of tears If love is free, then tell me why I’m barely making it through the night I’d give you everything, but there’s nothin’ left to lose Guess love ain’t cheap when you’re the one who pays your dues [Verse 2] I traded sleep for second chances Made excuses for our circumstances Kept on praying you would see The man I was still trying to be I worked my fingers to the bone Just to feel less alone Funny how you can give somebody the world And still not feel like you belong [Pre-Chorus] I ain’t got answers, I ain’t got pride Just a thousand things I kept inside I thought forever meant we’d make it through But forever got too expensive with you [Chorus] They say love don’t cost a thing Why’s it feel so expensive Like I’m drowning in the bills Of a heart that’s barely livin’? I gave you all my time All my pride, all my best years Now I’m standing here broke down With a pocket full of tears If love is free, then tell me why I’m barely making it through the night I’d give you everything, but there’s nothin’ left to lose Guess love ain’t cheap when you’re the one who pays your dues [Bridge — Strip the band back to acoustic guitar] Maybe I was never rich enough To give you what you thought was love Maybe I was just a broken man Tryin’ to be more than I am I paid in sleepless nights and scars In empty rooms and whiskey bars And if the price of love is losin’ me Then maybe love ain’t free [Final Chorus — Full band, powerful vocals] They say love don’t cost a thing Then why am I so damn broke? Why’s my heart still paying interest On every promise that you broke? I gave you all my tomorrows Till there weren’t no dreams left here Now I’m learning love can bankrupt you Without ever touching your career If love is free, somebody tell me Why it took damn near everything I’d give the world to feel it once Without the hurt that heartbreak brings [Outro — Soft acoustic guitar, voice cracking] They say love don’t cost a thing… Then why can’t I afford it? Why can’t I afford it… Not anymore.