You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord

He never said it'd be easy
Never promised a free ride
There's a costly fee
If you wanna be on his side

Oh, the Father knows the cost:
His only son was the price
And when me says to "Follow me,"
He's asking of a man his life

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord

The modern day disciple
Still has a price to pay
There's a war within, and a war
With sin, and he fights it every day

So be sure and understand
The voice you hear behind the call
You can't come with half a heart
Because he's asking for it all

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta know that the price
Is the one you can afford

You gotta count the cost
If you're gonna be a believer
You gotta go all the way
If you really love the Lord
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