They met in the back of bar
Somewhere outside Atlanta
And she gave him a wink
When he ordered a whiskey on ice
She said, "Cowboy,
I don't trust you one little bit"
He said, "You should go back
To the man that you're with
Here tonight, here tonight"
She said, "I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
I don't know how much
I'm going to lose in this fight
I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
But baby, I'll try, baby I'll try"
Seven days later she
Came to his door with a letter
That she wrote late at night
As she tried not to cry in her room
She said, "Somewhere inside
I know you're a good man"
He said, "I try to hide it
As best as I can, it's too soon"
He said, "I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
I don't know how much
It's going to damage my pride
I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
Baby, I'll try, baby, I'll try"
Many years later he met her
Alone on a sidewalk
She asked, "Are you still drinking whiskey
Or have you moved on?"
He said, "I'm not the man
That I was when we met"
She said, "I'm not the woman
I was way back then, we were young"
And they both said, "I don't know
How much it's going to cost me to love you
I don't know how much
I'm going to lose in this fight
I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
But baby, I'll try, baby, I'll try"
They both said, "I don't know
How much it's going to cost me to love you
But I wanna know what it's like
When you kiss me goodnight
I don't know how much
It's going to cost me to love you
But baby, I'll try, baby, I'll try
Baby, I'll try, baby, I'll try"