The Price

Album: Stay Hungry (1984)
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  • How long I have wanted
    This dream to come true?
    And as it approaches
    I can't believe I'm through

    I've tried, oh
    How I've tried
    For a life, yes, a life
    I thought I knew

    Oh, it's the price we gotta pay
    And all the games we gotta play
    Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
    'Cause it's a game we gotta lose
    Though it's a life we gotta choose
    And the price is our own life until it's done

    Time seems to have frozen
    But the mind can be fooled
    As the days passed, I discovered
    Destiny just can't be ruled

    Hard times, oh
    Hard times
    For the price, yes, the price
    I thought I knew

    Oh, it's the price we gotta pay
    And all the games we gotta play
    Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
    'Cause it's a game we gotta lose
    Though it's a life we gotta choose
    And the price is our own life until it's done

    Oh, it's the price we gotta pay
    And all the games we gotta play
    Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
    'Cause it's a game we gotta lose
    Though it's a life we gotta choose
    And the price is our own life until it's done

    Oh, it's the price we gotta pay
    And all the games we gotta play
    Makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on
    'Cause it's a game we gotta lose
    Though it's a life we gotta choose
    And the price is our own life until it's done Writer/s: Daniel Dee Snider
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Bobby Hooper from Dyersburg, Tn."The Price"- Great song, one of my Twisted Sister favorites. At age 62, I'm still rocking & will til death!
  • Chad Eicher from Apple Creek, OhioTwisted Sister had been one of the greatest 80's hair metal bands I've ever heard of. It would be my dream to perform that song along with "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" with Dee Snider, Twisted Sister's frontman cause he totally rocked.
  • Wellington Teixeira from Michigan, UsaThis song is my life. I love it.
  • Matt Mosher from NyDefinitely their best song. Big drums, excellent lead guitar and Snider's vocals are on the top of his game. You listen and really feel the band's struggles and sacrifice. Excellent rock.
  • Gavin from St. Francis Bay - South Africa To me, their best song. Great structure. Nice progressions. Good vocaling. I still have it on a playlist.
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