Pure Prairie League - The Cost Of Doing Business lyrics

(Craig Fuller/Curtis Wright) You say you're sick and tired of what you have to do To just keep pace these days, and all the hoops you have to jump through They make you crazy, and drag you down As you work to keep your good name in this town Well it's time 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 doing business, forget that stuff about rags to riches It's never black or white, only shades of grey You better believe nobody needs you, 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 doing business these days You still recall a time when right and wrong Were so easily defined, no one was leading you on And it's sad 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 doing business, forget that stuff about rags to riches It's never black or white, only shades of grey You better believe nobody needs you, 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 doing business these days Sometimes it gets hard to gauge the cost of living When what you've got ain't equal to what you're giving But that's just the cost of doing business, forget that stuff about rags to riches It's never black or white, only shades of grey You better believe nobody needs you, 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 doing business these days That's just the cost of doing business, the cost of doing business, The cost of doing business these days