Cold and Raw

June Tabor

I'm beginnin' to hear voices and there's no one around 
Well i'm all used up and the fields have turned brown 
I went to church on sunday, she passed by 
Well 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, well they're high and they're 
wide 
Can't see over to the other side 
It's such a sad thing to see beauty decay 
But 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 and cold irons bound. 

Well the winds in chicago ah, they torn me to shreds 
Reality has always had too many heads 
I tried to love and protect you because i care 
I'm gonna remember forever the joy we've shared 
I'm 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.