I'm beginnin' to hear voices and there's no one around
  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.