The Ties That Bind (Single LP Version - 1979)

You been hurt and you're all cried out you say

You walk down the street pushin' people out of your way

You packed your bags and all alone you want to ride

You don't want nothin', don't need no one by your side

You're walkin' tough baby, but you're walkin' blind

To the ties that bind

The ties that bind

No man can break

The ties that bind

A cheap romance, you say it's just, just, just a crutch

You don't want nothin' that anybody can touch

You're so afraid of being somebody's fool

Not walkin' tough baby, not walkin' cool

You walk cool, but darlin', can you walk the line

And face the ties that bind

The ties that bind

No man can break

The ties that bind

Oh I, I'd rather feel the hurt inside, yes I would darling

Than know, than know the emptiness your heart must hide

Yes I would, darling, yes I would, darling

Yes I would, baby

You sit and wonder just who's gonna stop the rain

Who'll ease the sadness, who's gonna quiet your pain

It's a long dark highway and a thin white line

Connecting baby, your heart to mine

You're runnin' now but darlin' we will stand in time

To face the ties that bind

The ties that bind

No man can break

The ties that bind

You can't forsake

The ties that bind

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh