Cold Irons Bound ¹

Bob Dylan © 1997

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 9.jan.1997, album version  
live, Spektrum, Oslo NO - 19.may.2000  
Masked And Anonymous sessions, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park CA - 16.jul.1997  
live, Bonnaroo Music festival, Manchester TN - 11.jun.2004  

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - January 1997, album version  
live, Spektrum, Oslo NO - 19.may.2000  
Masked And Anonymous sessions, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park CA - 16.jul.1997  
live, Bonnaroo Music festival, Manchester TN - 11.jun.2004  

I'm beginnin' to hear voices and there's no one around
Now, i'm all used up and the fields have turned brown
I went to church on sunday as she passed by
My love for her is takin' such a long time to die
An' i'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist
It's almost like, almost like i don't exist
I'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound

Well, the walls of pride are high an' wide
Can't see over to the other side
It's such a sad thing to see such beauty decay
It's sadder still to feel your heart torn away
One look at you an' i'm out of control
Like the universe has swallowed me whole
I'm twenty miles outta town in 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
Where the road is rocky and the hillside's mud
Up over my head nothin' 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 outta town in cold irons bound
Twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Well, the winds in Chicago have turned 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
It's you and you only i'm thinking about
But you can't see in an' it's hard lookin' out
I'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Well, the fat's in the fire and the water's in the tank
And the whiskey's in the jar and the money's in the bank
I tried to love an' protect you because i cared
I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared
Lookin' at you and i'm on my bended knee
You have no idea what you do to me
I'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound
Twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound. 
    

Cold Irons Bound ²

Bob Dylan © 1997

(Official lyrics @ www.bobdylan.com)

Time Out of Mind sessions, Criteria studios, Miami FL - 9.jan.1997, BS17 alt. version 

I'm beginnin' to hear voices and there's no one around
Lord, i'm all used up and the fields are brown
I went to church on sunday, i saw her go by
My love is takin' such a long time to die
I'm waist deep, waist deep in the mist
An' she's almost like I don't exist
Like i'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Well, the walls of pride they're so high an' wide
Well, you can't see over to the other side
It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay
Even sadder still to feel your heart torn away
One look at you an' i'm out of control
Just like the universe has swallowed me whole
Like i'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Now, the winds in Chicago lord, they tear me to shreds
Reality about me got too many heads
There's some kind of things that you never can kill
An' some things just last longer than you think they will
It's you and you only that i'm thinkin' about
But you can't see in an' it's so hard lookin' out
Lord, i'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound
Lord, i'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Well, there's so many stones in a pathway hurled
It's so easy to be corrupted in my corner of the world
Well, the road is rocky and the hillside’s mud
Right overhead nothin' but clouds of blood
I found my world in you
But your love has proved untrue
I'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound
Yeah, twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.

Well, the fat's in the fire and the water's in the tank
And the whiskey's in the jar and money's in the bank
I got the terror of eternity in my mind
Lord, i need to feel some ways to tell her kind
I got on my, down on my bended knee
You got no idea what you did to me
Lord, i'm twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound
Twenty miles outta town in cold irons bound.