Estimate the Cost

You look back and dream of days long gone You can feel the tears as they're coming on Just realizing how much you lost It's no way to estimate the cost Once you walked with purpose and your will was strong Wouldn't back down now somehow it all seems wrong Never found out how the dice were tossed Just count the chips and estimate the cost Oh the price was more than you thought it would be You just turned your back so you wouldn't see There were limits set but those lines you crossed Never took the time to estimate the cost Now time is closing down that open road Memories become such a heavy load Autumn years will bring an early frost Too late to sit and estimate the cost Now you're just a few steps ahead of the hell you made It wasn't supposed to be how the game was played Total disregard, oh how the rules were tossed Now the time has come to estimate the cost.