You make up your mind
You choose the chance you take
You ride to where the hiway ends
And the desert breaks
Out into that open road
You ride until the day
You learn to sleep at night
With the price you pay

Now with their hands held high
They reached out for the open skies
Then with one last breath
They build the roads they ride to their death
Driving on through the night
Unable to break away from the restless pull
Of the price you pay

Ohh, the price you pay, the price you pay
Now you can't walk away
From the price you pay

Now they've come so far
And they've waited so long
Just to end up caught in dream
Where everything goes wrong
Where the dark of night
Pulls at the light of the day
And you've gotta stand and fight
For the price you pay

Whoa the price you pay
Ohh the price you pay
Now you can't walk away
From the price you pay

Little girl down on the strand
With that pretty little baby in your hands
Do you remember the story of the promised land
How we crossed the desert sands
And could not enter the chosen land
On the banks of the river we'd stand
To face the price you pay

So let the games stop
You'd better run you little wild heart
You can run through all the nights and all the days
But just across the county line
A stranger passing through put up a sign
That counts how many have fallen away
To the price you pay
And girl before the end of the day
I'm gonna tear it down and throw it away!

I met a little girl and I settled down
In a little house on the edge of town
We got married and swore we'd never part
Then little by little we drifted from each other's heart
First I thought it was just restlessness
That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep
In the end it was something more, I guess
That tore us apart and made us weak
I'm driving stolen car down on Eldridge Avenue
Each night I wait to get caught but I never do

She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote
When our love was young and bold
She said last night she read those letters
And they made her feel years older
I'm driving stolen car on a pitch black night
And I'm telling myself "gonna" be all right
But I ride by night and I travel in fear
That this darkness won't disappear

*both songs by B. Springstein