The Price of Love (I'd Rather Be Alone)

You know I'll always love you
I thought I'd never count the cost
But there's no use pretending
Now that the battle's lost
People keep on telling me
Someday I'll find someone
But if this is the price of love,
I'd rather be alone.

Slipping into the darkness
Falling into the pits of despair
Why should I bother hanging on
When I know that you don't care?
They tell me to keep on looking
That for me there is someone
But if this is the price of love,
I'd rather be alone.

My heart is bruised and broken
Torn beyond repair
I just can't keep believing
That you really care
Why keep up the struggle
When I know it can't be won?
If this is the price of love,
I'd rather be alone.

I don't want to keep searching
I don't care what I'll find
I've been there and done it
And I know that love is blind.
Sometimes I'll sit there crying
And stare at the telephone.
If this is the cost of love,
I'd rather be alone.

Love is broken promises,
Shattered vows, and lies
Every time I think of you,
There's a part of me that dies.
Why bother to keep believing
When it's dead and gone?
If this is the price of love,
I'd rather be alone.
You know I can't erase you
From my memory
Every time I close my eyes
You're all that I can see
People keep on telling me
Someday I'll find someone
But if this is the price of love,
I'd rather be alone.

6/29/94