Works Progress Administration - The Price lyrics

What a wreck we've made of our sweet love What a sorrow and a shame To reject a gift from God above To throw it down and walk away An angel sheds a tear from high To mourn a wonder lost And to mark the petty victories Won at such a cost What a rare and fragile thing love is So delicate and fine If you tend to it with tenderness Then it will pay you back in kind But angry words from bitter lips Wither love away Broken hearts and empty arms are the price we pay And I would give what's left of my small worth For it not to end this way Broken hearts and empty arms are the price we pay Now I'm standing on this empty shore Watching ripples on a lake How they spread and grow from one small stone Like echoes of our sad mistakes Can you find forgiveness in your heart? I'll look for it mine Or was our sweet love just a wishing star That's fallen from the sky? And I would give my world for one sweet ray of hope To light your face And to lie again in your sweet arms There's no price I would not pay Yes to find again the love we've lost There's no price I would not pay