There's a drip in the tub that I just can't fix And I can't find a rug to cover up the skid marks from where your feet kept losing ground You were carving up a tomb from the home I found I could afford the surgery And I could absorb the cost of drugs But I just needed some sort of guarantee That you'd see me through Dear Lu Loving you is so expensive Loving you is so expensive, darling Loving you is so expensive, Lumey I knew you had to go but didn't know it'd be so costly You got a little bit sicker when you came on tour But still you stood right by me 'til your legs were sore And it was hard to leave you out in the van some nights Sometimes you gotta do wrong to make a long-term right And then you got much worse when I took the job I had to leave work late and get up at ungodly hours to get out of all the debts I owed Maybe you couldn't see the man for the brand new clothes But everything else was much improved We ate our weight in brand-name foods I became the father you never knew But it was too late, dear Lu Loving you is so expensive Loving you is so expensive, darling Loving you is so expensive, Lumey I knew you had to go but didn't know how much it'd cost me Loving you Loving you Loving you I knew you had to go but didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know