The Songs Of Richard Thompson

The World Is A Wonderful Place

IT DON'T COST MUCH (R Thompson/M Etzioni)
It don't cost much to let me go
But if it does I'll pay the price
It don't cost much to call me up
If you can't look me in the eye

It don't cost much, it don't cost much
And no matter how much you give
It don't cost much

It don't cost much to hear my heart
But I can tell you never will
It don't cost much to break apart
What took years to build

It don't cost much, it don't cost much
And no matter how much you give
It don't cost much

If someone stays and someone leaves
You know I would rather be the leaver
I'll take the pain of being deceived
For all the guilt of the deceiver

It don't cost much, it don't cost much
And no matter how much you give
It don't cost much, it don't cost much
And no matter how much you give
It don't cost much
THE WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
Lovers pair off and they fall into bed
The same old lies trip off the tongue
A few lonely hearts stand and prop up the room
The night is young
Envy the bodies asleep on the floor
Dreaming some comfortable dream
And envy the drunk as he falls through the door
For the world is drunk I see

You live and you die, there's no reason why
The world is a wonderful place
The poor live in pain, they're sick and insane
Oh the world is a wonderful place
How does it feel to be nothing?  How does it feel to be small?
Pull hard on that wine, it's the end of the line
Oh the world is a wonderful place

Another year older and nothing to show
Is this what I grew up to be?
How're you birthday boy? Here's a pat on the back
You're a sight to see
Am I just a clown like the fools gathered here?
Am I nothing special at all?
If this is called living I'm folding my hand
I'm sick of the same brick wall

You live and you die, there's no reason why
The world is a wonderful place
The poor live in pain, they're sick and insane
Oh the world is a wonderful place
How does it feel to be nothing?  How does it feel to be small?
Pull hard on that wine, it's the end of the line
Oh the world is a wonderful place

All songs by Richard Thompson except where noted.