Cold Irons Bound

I'm all used up and the fields have turned brown


I went to church on Sunday as she passed by


And my love for her has taken such a long time to die


Well, I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist


It's almost like, almost like, I don't exist


I'm twenty miles out of town, Cold Irons bound.




Well, the walls of pride are high and wide


Can't see over to the other side


It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay


It's sadder still to feel your heart turn away


One look at you and I'm out of control


Like the universe has swallowed me whole


I'm twenty miles out of town and Cold Irons bound.




There's too many people, too many to recall


I thought some of 'em were friends of mine, I was wrong about 'em all


Well, the road is rocky and the hillside mud


Up over my head, nothing but clouds of blood


I found my world, found my world in you


But your love just hasn't proved true


I'm twenty miles out of town and Cold Irons bound


Twenty miles out of town, Cold Irons bound.




Well the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds


Reality has always had too many heads


Some things last longer than you think they will


Some kind of things you can never kill


Though it's you, and you only, I'm singin' about


But you can't see in and it's hard looking out


I'm twenty miles out of town and Cold Irons bound.




Well, the fat's in the fire and the water's in the tank


Well, the whiskey's in the jar and the money's in the bank


I tried to love and protect you because I care


I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared


Looking at you and I'm on my bended knee


You've no idea what you did to me


I'm twenty miles out of town and Cold Irons bound


Twenty miles out of town and Cold Irons bound.