Love At Any Price
A Song for Codependent Wives of Alcoholics and Addicts
Copyright 1991, Ken Powers
I attended an Al-Anon meeting one night led by a woman with a great "program." This lady led on the topic of setting boundaries. She struggled and struggled during her "lead" to describe how she felt when interacting with her husband.
That night I ruminated about her words. I finally wrote the song below in an attempt to express her thoughts and feelings through my music. It turned out to be a sort of sassy female vocal. The opening line always gets a huge laugh when quoted at meetings.
Hope you enjoy this.
Love At Any Price
Copyright 1992 by Ken P.
I wake up ev-ry morning
Over and over a-gain
Roll over and take a look at you,
'T find out what mood I'm in!
Wjy do I put up with you,
You don't ev-en treat me nice;
I'm buyin' loooove,
At an-y price!
Do I love you?
Is that the question?
Do I need you,
In my sick way?
Do I want you,
That's more the question,
But the bot-tom line,
Is do I stay?
(spoken..."like a brok-en record, over and over and over and over and over and over again).
Why do I put up with you?
You don't ev-en hold me nights.
I'm buyin' looooove,
At a-ny price.
Looooooove,
At too high a price.
Your lov'es too high
For meeeeeeeeeeeee.
At an-y price!
(spoken...I wake up in the mornin', over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over, and...)
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