Might as well call ahead   To turn off the church light   We'll tell them that we're staying out with our friends   We won't be home tonight   Only stopped off to change   Left my wounded ways   Took the old pamphlets out of my coat   You can't be sure these days   You can't be sure these days   You can't be sure these days      Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to lose      People have their needs   These are lonely days   Reach out their hearts like an open palm   Hunger is a pain   Set yourself up to fall   In trying to ease the pain   Don't want to get hurt anymore   I'll look the other way   I'll look the other way   I'll look the other way      Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to do   Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to lose      When I was younger, and I had a friend   Opened up my heart and spent my trust   Until the end   But things have changed and,   My friend's not here   But that's all past and tomorrow gets no tears      Please don't ask of me   To fill some empty space   If I had something left, I'd give it to you   But that's not the case   Got a busted light   No more love or hate   I spent too much on my young illusions   That was my mistake   That was my mistake   That was my mistake      Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to do   Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to lose      Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to do   Oh, I can't afford it   Nothing left to lose