(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