The Price Of Admission Lyrics - Now Then - Stiff Little Fingers

So somebody's told you how to be a man 

Just fuck 'em and leave 'em 

And score as many as you can 

But always have someone who's close to your heart 

And if you want to keep her, keep her in the dark 

'Cause you love her 

So you just can't tell her 

Yet that's a lie and you know full well 

You have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

Sometime in your life 

Somewhere along the line 

And now she tells you she's fucked others too 

She didn't spend those nights 

Waiting in on you 

But though she gave her all, she never gave her heart 

And she wants to keep you so she cannot keep it dark 

'Cause she loves you 

So she has to open wide 

She lets you in up close and blows away your pride 

And you have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

This time in your life 

And lay it on the line 

You have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

You have to pay the price of admission 

So somebody showed you how to be a man...